Pune: A 58-year-old private company employee from Talegaon Dabhade lost Rs 11.20 lakh to cybercrooks in an online share-trading fraud.The fraud happened between Oct last year and March 17 this year. The victim on Sunday approached the Talegaon Dabhade police and lodged a complaint.An officer from the Talegaon Dabhade police said that in Oct last year, when the victim was searching for investment opportunities in the stock market, he came across a website of an equity firm. When he clicked the link there, he was added to a group of investors on a mobile messaging app. “The crooks gave online training to the victim about investments in stocks. They also claimed that their firm is authorised by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). They then made him download an app to invest and monitor his profit,” the officer said.He said the crooks then took money from the victim into different bank accounts. Till March 17, they took Rs 11.20 lakh from him and duped him. “We have sought the details of the transactions from the complainant’s bank,” he said.
