Six men have been arrested after a company executive was duped into transferring Rs 50 lakh following a WhatsApp message impersonating his managing director; police froze Rs 29 lakh and traced the money through a shell business account.
Faridabad police have arrested six men in a cyber-fraud investigation after a company executive was allegedly tricked into sending Rs 50 lakh to a bank account controlled by the suspects, according to police and local media reports. The case began when the complainant, a resident of Sector 28, received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number carrying a photograph of the company’s chief managing director and instructing him to transfer Rs 1 crore. Believing the request to be genuine, he moved Rs 50 lakh from company funds before realising he had been deceived.
Police said they were able to freeze Rs 29 lakh of the money linked to the fraud. The accused were produced before a city court on Tuesday and remanded in judicial custody, while investigators recovered five mobile phones during the arrests, according to reports from News18, Rediff and Hindustan Times.
The inquiry has also pointed to a broader network built around shell business accounts and Telegram-based coordination. Police said Ajay set up a firm called Ajay Manpower and handed over its account through a chain involving Nasir, Avinash and Jayarvan, before access was passed on to fraudsters via Telegram. Adnan opened a current account for the firm, while Rizwan allegedly controlled it from a hotel and managed the transactions, with the full Rs 50 lakh deposited into that account, according to News18.
Police also said the accused came from varied educational and professional backgrounds. According to the Faridabad police spokesperson quoted by News18, Ajay, Nasir and Adnan had studied to Class 10, Avinash was a graduate and Jayarvan held a master’s degree. Their reported occupations included hardware supply, medical supply and property dealing. The case adds to a growing body of WhatsApp-led impersonation scams in which fraudsters rely on urgency, authority and familiar corporate identities to pressure victims into sending large sums quickly.
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