PANAJI
Two separate FIRs have been registered base on the complaints received from a female resident each of Dabal, Dharbandora and St Inez.
In the first complaint, a female resident of Dabal, Dharbandora stated that in October this year, she received a Facebook friend request from one Thierry Grey who claimed to be from UK. After chatting with her for a few days, the accused told the complainant that he is coming to India to arrange her visa to Europe and that he will help her to get a yellow card.
A week later, the accused told her that he had arrived in India. However, over the next week, under the pretext of financial help to get immigration clearance, the complainant was asked by the accused and several other persons posing as immigration and bank officials, to deposit amounts ranging from `48,000 to Rs 10 lakh in three separate bank accounts. She was duped of
`18.62 lakh.
In the second complaint, a female resident of St Inez has stated that earlier in June this year, she received a Facebook friend request from one Mike Anthonio Amor, who claimed to be a Spanish national and a doctor.
The accused began chatting with the complainant over WhatsApp and one day, he told her that he has sent her a parcel. In order to receive this, she was asked to deposit various amounts ranging from `26,000 to `2.5 lakh and has been duped of a total of
`14.73 lakh.
Cyber crime inspector Rajesh Job is investigating
the matter.
