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Mumbai: Cyber fraud dupes pharma company of over Rs 45 lakh

The accused had hacked the complainant’s mail account and deleted all conversation to leave no trace of evidence behind

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Senior director of an Andheri-based pharmaceutical company has lodged a complaint at Powai police station alleging that her company was duped of $ 63,435 which is close to Rs 45 lakh after an unknown accused, posing as a dealer of medicine from China, accepted a payment of said amount under the pretext of sending two raw material consignments and went absconding. 

The complainant identified as Nisha Raul (51) has also stated that the accused had hacked her personal mail account and deleted all conversation to leave no trace of evidence behind.

According to the police, Raul works as a senior director at Bliss GVS Pharma Limited company in Andheri east. The company purchased raw materials from another Chinese company named Taixing Precise Tech Co. Ltd. Raul who has the access of her company’s mail id would contact her Chinese counterparts at chemical_china@hotmail.com  to place orders and release the payment for the same. 

“After the Chinese company’s changed its mail id, all executives were asked to carry out further transactions and dealings on the new address. On August 5, the complainant received a mail from chemical_china@hotmail.com, which mentioned about two sales contracts of raw materials which were to be shipped through airways and sea routes from China. The complainant approved the contracts and released the payment to bank details mentioned in the mail. Later, it was found that the bank details were of Netherlands, not China. When asked for clarification, the accused assured that the bank details were genuine,” said a police officer.

Raul made payment of $63,436 for two consignments. Before the second payment could get cleared, Raul contacted the owner of the Chinese company for payment invoices which he did not have.

“After realising that she has been duped,  the complainant immediately approached the bank to stop the payment. When she tried to open her mail id, she found all the email conversations between her and the accused deleted,” the officer added.

Leave No Trace

  • The accused had hacked the complainant’s mail account and deleted all conversation to leave no trace of evidence behind 
  • Police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and section 43, 66c and 66d of the Information Technology Act
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