A doctor from Pune deployed by Rs 1 crore in cyber-crime fraud for a week

Over the course of a week, a doctor from Pune was subjected to a horrendous ordeal that included threats of identity theft and his involvement in illegal activities like as money laundering and drug trafficking. He was tricked by cyber criminals into selling off his investments and transferring the money to "government safe accounts," but in the end, he lost more than one crore rupees. As part of "surveillance," the doctor was required to live in isolation in a hotel and be available for audio calls at all times.

As part of the investigation, the senior physician from Pune, who is in his early 50s, filed a First Information Report (FIR) with the Cyber police station. According to officials, the victim experienced constant pressure from the offenders, compounding an already terrible situation, even though the cyber fraud's operation resembled a "drugs in parcel" fake. During six days in the first week of March, the doctor became embroiled in a web of lies and extortion, all masterminded by cyber criminals. The doctor's life got entwined with her forced participation in the system. A person asked for the victim's Aadhar card and told him that a First Information Report (FIR) had been filed in his name.

Furthermore, they supplied the victim a piece of paper that seemed to be on fake letterhead from the Central Bureau of Investigation. Following that, the attackers—who were posing as police officers—used coercion and threats to force the victim to divulge all of his assets, including his bank accounts, investments, and cash. Then, the victim was informed that he had to stay by himself in his hotel room. He followed the directions and a hotel room was reserved for him. He had received a warning from someone saying that he should always have his phone on speakerphone since he was constantly being watched. He was informed that the procedure for postponing his account verification involved moving more than fifteen lakh rupees to a "government account." The "government accounts" used by cyber-criminals were, in fact, entirely false. He was forced to sell his investments after the money was transferred, and another 85 lakh rupees were transferred to the fictitious accounts. After these transactions, he started to receive letters saying that the cash had been given to him, supposedly from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on phony letterheads.

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He was now requested to submit a family photo for "security purposes," and more transfers were required to guarantee his relatives would not be prosecuted. When he realised he had been duped by a sophisticated cyber scam, he went straight to the cyber police station to report it. According to a cyber-police official, "We have begun an investigation into the case and are working on the details obtained from the bank accounts that were used by the cyber criminals." We have started our inquiry.