12/7/2018
PUNE: Creating
fake online profile of a logistic firm, a man duped 25 people across India of
over Rs 10 lakh in the past two months accepting business contracts.
The conman took advance from people but did not render any
service to the clients. Yogesh Chandra Mishra (30), an employee of a transport
company in Navi Peth, lodged a complaint with the Vishrambaug police, stating
that the man used his company’s name, GST and PAN card details in the fake
profile.
The police have registered a case of cheating and an offence
under the Information Technology (IT) Act. Investigations revealed that the
conman duped people from Chennai, Kolkata, Nashik, Delhi, Jabalpur, Gujrat
and other parts of India. Mishra’s transport company has a few trucks. It has
been in freight business for the past three years.
On May 2, a truck had gone to deliver some industrial
components to Beed and was to return empty. The transport firm’s officials
uploaded a query on an e-commerce website, and they received a call within a
few minutes. The customer asked one of the company officials to send their bank
account, PAN, GST number and other details. The information was shared with the
possible customer.
After exchanging the information, the company officials
started receiving calls from different parts of the country stating that they
had booked the truck of the firm for cargo transportation. They claimed to have
paid advance, but the truck did not turn up to pick up the freight.
The FIR stated that a man from Kolkata had transferred
Rs18,000 to the account of the suspect. Similarly, people transferred money
ranging from Rs10,000 to Rs 50,000 to the account of the suspect. The company
then decided to verify the matter, the police said.
“An online search revealed that somebody had uploaded a fake
profile of the Pune transport company on an e-commerce website and was
accepting contracts using its name and other details. The phone numbers
provided on the website were different, though,” the FIR states.
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