Mysuru: A city resident has filed a case of cheating against a known person, accusing him of duping him of Rs 88 lakh on the pretext of providing him benefits over a period of one year. Cyber police have taken up a case.The complainant, Nagendra Kumar, has approached the city police and filed a complaint against the accused, Shivashankar, whom he claimed convinced the complainant to invest in a company called US Client/Partner, and filing income tax returns in that country would yield high returns over time. The accused claimed that he held a licence. He assured the complainant that if investments were made through him, he would provide profits of 4 to 5%, and instructed the complainant to transfer money to his account.Gaining the complainant’s trust, the accused got a total of Rs 20,69,400 transferred into his various bank accounts between May 2025 and Nov 2025. Later, the accused paid a small amount as profit. Later, the accused falsely claimed that Rs 30 lakh was locked in a bank account, and that money had to be paid to the bank manager, IT officer and backend team to unlock it. By repeating such lies in stages and continuing to mislead the complainant, he induced further transfers amounting to Rs 67 lakh into various accounts through online transactions till May 15, 2026. In this way, he allegedly cheated the complainant of a total of Rs 88 lakh, based on which this complaint was registered.
