“The crooks then added her to a group of investors on a mobile messaging app. The members in the group used to share the profit they earned by investing in the stocks through the company,” the officer said.He said that a woman, who posed as an official of the company, contacted the complainant and assured her 10% profit per month on her investments in the shares. Believing her, the victim went on transferring the amounts to the bank account numbers provided to her. Between Dec 15 last year and Jan 13 this year, the woman transferred Rs43.87 lakh to different bank accounts.“The app showed that the woman earned a profit of Rs 1.75 crore on her investments. When she tried to withdraw her money, the crooks demanded Rs30 lakh more. The woman realised that she was being duped and lodged a complaint,” the officer said.
