Mumbai: With promise of hefty loan, policeman’s 23-year-old son duped of over Rs 6 lakh

Mumbai | Saturday | 19th January, 2019

Summary:

“There was an option, where I could request them to transfer the amount to my Mumbai’s bank account. A 23-year-old man, who is a son of a police officer, was allegedly duped to the tune of Rs 6.5 lakh under the pretext of facilitating a loan of $20,000 (approximately Rs 14.2 lakh). The complainant added that when he had logged into his new bank account on November 2, 2017, he saw that $20,000 was already deposited. I contacted William and asked for the COT number and he demanded $6,529 (Rs 4,20,000),” Kadam said in his statement to police. Kadam is the son of an assistant police sub-inspector attached with the Mumbai Police..