Woman in Delhi arrested for duping Chennai senior citizen of ₹2.13 crore
The Hindu
The 29-year-old woman is part of a gang arrested earlier this year, on charges of cheating people by posing as insurance company representatives, police said
The Anti-Bank Fraud Wing of the Central Crime Branch has arrested a 29-year-old woman in Delhi on charges of cheating a Chennai-based senior citizen of over ₹2.13 crore. The accused was part of a gang arrested in April on charges of cheating people by posing as representatives of an insurance company. The victim, Sudha Sridharan, 68, is a resident of Mandaveli and wife of the late J. Sridharan, an IRS officer. In March 2019, a person called her, posing as an officer in a life insurance company. The caller told her that ₹19 lakh needed to be settled towards her insurance claim following the demise of her husband. She was convinced to credit a few lakh rupees to a fictitious account mentioned by the fraudster to settle the claim. Later, another caller asked her to transfer funds to another account. Subsequently the gang made Ms. Sridharan deposit ₹2.13 crore into various bank accounts between March and October 2019.More Related News