Pune: Two people – a private firm official and an engineer – collectively lost Rs 70 lakh in separate online share trading frauds.Separate complaints were registered with the Chatushrungi and Kharadi police on Thursday.A 58-year-old private company official from Kharadi stated in his complaint that the crooks contacted him in May last year through a social media platform and promised him good returns on his investments in the stock market.They made him download an app to monitor his profit and took money from him into different bank accounts. The victim transferred Rs 45.65 lakh to those bank accounts between May and July last year, the officer said.In the Chatushrungi case, an engineer (28) was added to a group of investors on a mobile messaging app in Feb. He was assured profit on his investments in stocks through their firm. He believed the chats in the group and transferred Rs 24 lakh to different bank account numbers provided to him. When he wanted to withdraw his money, the crooks claimed that the money was transferred to his bank account.They shared screenshots of the transactions with him. When the victim found that he was duped, he lodged a complaint, an officer from the Chatushrungi police said.
