DCP Shahdara, Prashant Gautam said that there are also 17 criminal complaints registered with the Cyber Crime Portal, all linked to the same Fincare Bank account with the total amount defrauded exceeding Rs. 100 crores.
The Ukranian woman explained that her home country, Ukraine, was in chaos as a result of the ongoing war. Later, she stated she would provide him with a box containing $9.7 lakh in cash (roughly Rs 8 crore in Indian currency) to help him launch a new company in India in her name.
The gang led by the three arrested accused was exposed after one of the victims lodged an FIR against the gang members for allegedly duping the customers. The victim was duped for around Rs 1 lakhs.
The matter came to light when the audit report of the college was being prepared and the college authorities filed a police complaint at Tomando Police Station in Odisha.
Notably, all these experts got together to 'investigate' how Nidhi was scammed and after one year, they concluded that they have no idea how she was scammed and by whom.
I have also asked questions when the Centre decided to change the default temperature setting on ACs. That is what a journalist is supposed to do, they had told me when I joined MDTV. Nobody said anything about applying a little brain before asking questions.