Maharashtra News: A case of cheating with a woman has come to light in Thane district of Maharashtra. Where a case has been registered against a 57-year-old woman for allegedly robbing a person of more than Rs 10 lakh on the pretext of investing in foreign exchange business. The police informed about this on Friday.

An official of the Ambernath police station said that on the basis of a complaint, the police registered a case under relevant sections of the Information Technology Act on Wednesday, 28 December. According to the victim, she received a message on WhatsApp in July 2021 about international currency trading and was contacted by the accused, who claimed to be the manager of an investment company.

The accused promised good returns

Police said the accused promised good returns in international currency trading, following which the victim invested Rs 10.49 lakh between July and November 2021. According to the information, the victim was provided with an app of the company, where she could see her investments in dollars and withdraw small amounts. However, after some time he stopped getting money.

This is how it was revealed

The police officer said that the woman soon realized that the accused was not responding to her messages. After which he started investigating about the company. It was only then that the victim came to know that the company for which she had claimed to work did not exist. Suspecting fraud, the victim informed the police about this.

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