Man posing as engineer in U.S. cheats trainer of two.2 crore

A person posing as an engineer from the usA. lured a 57-year-old city-based faculty trainer for 5 years by way of a matrimonial app and made away with ₹2.2 crore.

The East Division cybercrime police have registered a case of identification theft, dishonest by impersonation below the IT Act.

It was in November final yr, after 5 years, that the sufferer realised she had been cheated. She approached the police on Friday searching for assist to get again her financial savings.

In her criticism, the sufferer stated that she was dwelling alone following the dying of her husband, whereas her son was dwelling individually. She determined to discover a companion and enrolled in a matrimonial app to search for an acceptable companion in December 2019. A couple of days later, she discovered a match recognized as Aahan Kumar A., who claimed to be a U.S. citizen. She began chatting with him on WhatsApp with out even asking for his {photograph} or assembly him on-line. After a few chats, the duo grew to become so shut that Aahan Kumar agreed to be her companion and began addressing her as his spouse. In January 2020, Aahan sought monetary assist for an emergency as he didn’t have adequate funds for meals. She despatched him the cash, which he assured her could be a mortgage to be repaid in six months. Trusting his phrases, the sufferer began supporting him financially.

The dishonest got here to mild when the accused began calling her only for cash and demanded an extra ₹3.5 lakh after she had paid ₹2.2 lakh.