BHUBANESWAR: The crime branch of Odisha police has nabbed one Prasant Dwivedi from Kolkata on Friday in connection with an online cheating case of Rs 74 lakh, in which he was involved.
A squad from the crime branch led by inspector Abantimani Nayak apprehended a fraudster from Alipore, Kolkata, and took incriminating materials from his possession, including an ATM card, police said.
He has detained after a complaint made by Ramballav Rath, a 63-year-old senior citizen from Bhubaneswar who was defrauded of Rs 74 lakhs by criminals.
According to the complaint, Rath, an advocate, deposited the money in many installments.
Since May 2018, Rath has received several calls from various mobile numbers posing as representatives of various companies, police said.
He was persuaded to deposit processing sums, among other things, in order to clear out his significant insurance benefits, and during that time, he allegedly transferred more than Rs 74 lakhs in installments to many given bogus accounts.
The scammers were able to steal the money by using various fake email addresses, official-looking fraudulent letters, etc.
Dharmendra Kumar, 36, was already detained by the crime branch last month in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
With his own credentials, he had constructed the fake IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India) domain and the fake "IRDAI.org" email address. He then sold the password to Prasant of Lucknow, who was apprehended in Kolkata on Friday.
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