Sunday, August 26, 2018

Surat web designer held for forex fraud, duped city doctor of 2 crore

HYDERABAD: Central Crime Station (CCS) sleuths on Saturday arrested a web designer from Surat, Gujarat, for allegedly duping a city-based doctor by luring him into forex trading and cheating him of 2 crore.
CCS officials said 23-year-old Aamir Arif Aghadi and others lure innocent people by inviting them to invest in forex trading. The culprits open accounts and provide potetial investors access to a 'special' software. Aamir and his associates manipulated the software and duped the victim, P Dinesh of Trimulgherry, showing false balance.
Initially, Aamir paid profit up to 25% to Dinesh. Believing that Aamir and his associates were genuine businessmen and his investment status could be tracked on a a day-to-day basis, Dinesh invested up to 2 crore.
"Aamir and others used to introduce themselves using fake names while talking to victims. The accused used to make the victims pay money through unauthorised means like hawala and cite reasons like avoiding taxes. However, after collecting money, they will start evading the victim," police said in a press note. Aamir was arrested in Surat and he was brought on prison transit warrant to Hyderabad on Saturday.

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