NAVI MUMBAI: A 33-year-old movie producer from Kamothe was duped of Rs 1.35 lakh by cyber fraudsters who had created a mobile app for betting on games, offered profits and took 40% commission on profits.
The victim created a user ID, linked it to his e-wallet and then transferred money to his bank account. Initially, when he laid bets by transferring money the fraudsters added profits to his account. Later, they deleted his account and duped him of Rs 1.35 lakh that was deposited in his account.
Acting on a complaint by Aditya Singh, Kamothe police registered an FIR against the accused, who was booked under sections 419 and 420 of IPC along with sections 66( c) and 66 (d) of Information Technology Act, 2000. Singh stated in his FIR that on August 6, his friend Kanha Singh sent two files, geekcloudapp.apk and betfairapp.apk, and told him to download them.
