Letter: Police arrested a 36-year-old woman from Jalpaiiguri from West Bengal on Monday because of the allegation of involvement in online investment fraud Rs 3.56 lakh with a government employee.
The cheating money was collected from the victim stored in Bank Anita Kumar Subba account accused.
The complaint was submitted by a 35-year-old female government employee on September 8.
He told the police that he received a message about WhatsApp which offered a good return on investment.
He clicked on the link and web pages offered to him to download the mobile app with a logo that looked like Unilever Company.
He downloaded the application in March and began investing a small number of Rs 100 to RS 300.
Initially, he was paid well by 20-30% for small quantities in a few days.
Then, he was encouraged to invest a greater amount.
“He invested Rs 3.56 Lakh in various transactions.
When he tried to withdraw the money, his ID was blocked,” said a Gohil, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Cybercrime Cell.
After he filed a complaint, the police traced the transaction and found that the money was stored on a subba account.
“There may be involvement of other people who operate cellular applications,” said Gohil.
Subba is returned to police custody until Sunday.
Subba has sold herbs and medicinal plants products since 2011.
The police suspect that he was used as a front face by several other accusations that were good at it.