CHITRADURGA: A senior doctor lost Rs 1.27 crore to cyber fraudsters who posed as officials from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Mumbai police.
The cyber criminals contacted Rs Srinivas Shetty and told him that his bank account was being used to launder money and convinced him that they needed to conduct and audit of his bank account.
They contacted him through regular and WhatsApp calls and swept the doctor’s account clean of Rs 1.27 crore. After he realised that he had been cheated, the doctor lodged a complaint with the Chitradurga CEN police who have taken up further investigation.