Pune: Cybercrooks duped a Wanowrie-based woman (74) of Rs11.8 lakh between Feb 23 and 26 after posing as officials of CBI and threatening to arrest her in a money laundering case.The Wanowrie police have registered an FIR on Friday evening. Inspector Sangeeta Jadhav of the Wanowrie police told TOI, “The victim has been retired from the postal department.“According to the police, the suspects called the victim posing as officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation and other Union govt agencies. They claimed that her bank account had been used to fund a banned terrorist organisation involved in anti-India activities.“The suspects sought details of her bank accounts and claimed that a transaction of Rs 2 crore was made from her account to that organisation,” Jadhav said.“They contacted her via a videocall on a messaging application. The background in the videocall resembled a CBI office. They threatened to arrest her and defame her in the case. Crooks told her that she would face a long jail term,” Jadhav said.Later, the suspects promised her to help resolve the matter if she paid them money.“The victim transferred Rs 11.8 lakh to three different bank accounts after breaking her fixed deposits and withdrawing her savings. She made only one high-value transaction to the suspects,” Jadhav said. Her daughter and son-in-law have been staying in the same building. After transferring the money, the victim narrated the incident to them. Her daughter took her to the police station.
