Panchkula: A case of fraud of 15 lakh 74 thousand in the name of share trading has come to light in Panchkula, Haryana. Panchkula Cyber Police Station has registered an FIR against unknown people and started an investigation.
In a complaint to the police, Sanjeev Kumar, a resident of Abdullahpur, Pinjore, Panchkula, said that on May 11, 2024, he saw an advertisement related to the share market on the Facebook page, and when he clicked on it, he joined a WhatsApp group. People were sharing information after share trading in the group. The group admin shared a link with the victim and asked him to fill in the complete personal and bank details, and the victim filled in the complete information as told.
About a month later, on June 10, he invested Rs 30 thousand online for the first time in the name of share trading. After that, a total of Rs 15.74 lakh was invested in the name of share trading in more than a dozen different instalments. On July 15, 2024, when the victim asked the accused to withdraw his profit and total deposit amount, he was told that he would have to deposit 20 per cent more of the total amount only then he would be able to withdraw the entire amount. He did not deposit the money because he felt that he was being cheated. After this, when he tried to withdraw his money, he could not withdraw it.