Navi Mumbai police arrest UP man for cheating investors of Rs 60.2 lakh

The Navi Mumbai police arrested a man from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly luring people to invest in crypto trading and forex and cheating them of Rs 602 lakh an official said on MondayThe Cyber police apprehended Anshuman Arman Singh 23 from Hariharpur in Uttar Pradesh on February 28 the official said according to newswire PTISingh and his accomplice Mohinish Devendra Rajpal 36 allegedly targeted people on Facebook in December 2023 and lured them to invest in forex and crypto trading he saidDonor gametes are allowed for single women divorcees but here is a catch read more to find outThe accused provided bank account details and coerced the victims to make online payments to the tune of Rs 602 lakh the official saidA first information report FIR was registered against the accused under section 420 cheating and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Amendment Act 2008 he saidAlso read Share trading fraud Navi Mumbai police book four for cheating financial analyst of Rs 29 lakhFollowing a probe the police tracked down Rajpal who led them to Singh senior inspector Gajanan Kadam of the Cyber cell adding that Rajpal was not arrested but served a noticeAt least 115 transactions were carried out by the accused through these accounts and the police have frozen Rs 3935 lakh in these accounts the official saidAlso Read How wildlife rescuers conserve leopards in MumbaiMeanwhile Thane police registered a case against two persons for allegedly cheating a jeweller of Rs 715 lakh in the city police said on MondayBased on a complaint newswire PTI reported the police has registered an FIR under sections 420 cheating and 406 criminal breach of trust of the Indian Penal Code against two Kalwa residentsThe accused allegedly approached the jeweller in October last year to purchase ornaments The accused were acquainted with the complainant and on request they were allowed to take the ornaments to show their family members he saidThe duo allegedly absconded with the valuables and evaded the complainants phone calls the official said adding that efforts are on to track down the accusedIn a separate incident Thane police arrested four members of a gang involved in stealing vehicles and selling them after tampering with documents an official said on MondayThe accused were arrested from different parts of the state in the last two days and 47 stolen vehicles worth more than Rs 732 crore were recovered MBVV Police Commissioner Madhukar Pandey saidAlso Read How sleep apnea affects pregnant women and fetal healthThe racket came to light when the police were probing into cases of vehicle theft registered at Kashimira and Valiv police stations in February and June 2021 he saidThe gang allegedly used fake documents to register nonexistent vehicles in states such as Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland and obtained registration numbers and online NOCs from RTO offices for reregistration in Maharashtra the official saidThe accused then allegedly stole vehicles matching the information in NOCs replaced the engine and chassis numbers and registered them in Maharashtra for resale he saidThe thefts had taken place in the jurisdiction of 16 police stations over the last three to four years the official said With inputs from agencies