Man loses 10,000 in swap fraud
TNN | Apr 8, 2019, 06:20 IST
Representative imageCHANDIGARH: Greed for extra money left a 19-year-old youth short of Rs 10,000 in another case of less-for-more illegal money swap fraud in the city.
Suraj Kumar of Kajheri village had gone to deposit Rs 10,000 in his account at Punjab National Bank in Sector 33. As he was entering the bank, two unknown persons stopped him. They showed him a bundle of currency notes wrapped in a piece of cloth, claiming they had stolen Rs 1 lakh from their employers. They offered Kumar that he could take the Rs 1 lakh and deposit it in his account in exchange of Rs 10,000. Kumar fell for the bait, even handing them his mobile phone to make an important call. While Kumar was busy opening the cloth, the accused slipped away. Kumar found blank white papers cut in the size of currency notes. He raised the alarm and informed the police.
Police registered a case under Section 420 (punishment for cheating) of the IPC. Cops are checking CCTV footage of the bank to obtain clues about the accused. No arrests have been made so far.
On March 12 , two strangers approached a resident of Bapu Dham Colony, offering him Rs 1.5 lakh unaccounted money in exchange of Rs 13,000 he had with him. The accused took him to Sector 17, handed over a packet and took his cash. White paper was found in the packet. On March 2, a city resident had gone to a branch of Punjab National Bank in Sector 26 to deposit Rs 46,500 in his account. While he was filling form at bank counter, a person offered him help in filling the form, distracted him and fled with his cash. On December 18, 2018, a man took away Rs 37,000 from a resident of Behlolpur in Mohali in exchange of stolen money worth Rs 2 lakh which turned out to be pieces of paper
Suraj Kumar of Kajheri village had gone to deposit Rs 10,000 in his account at Punjab National Bank in Sector 33. As he was entering the bank, two unknown persons stopped him. They showed him a bundle of currency notes wrapped in a piece of cloth, claiming they had stolen Rs 1 lakh from their employers. They offered Kumar that he could take the Rs 1 lakh and deposit it in his account in exchange of Rs 10,000. Kumar fell for the bait, even handing them his mobile phone to make an important call. While Kumar was busy opening the cloth, the accused slipped away. Kumar found blank white papers cut in the size of currency notes. He raised the alarm and informed the police.
Police registered a case under Section 420 (punishment for cheating) of the IPC. Cops are checking CCTV footage of the bank to obtain clues about the accused. No arrests have been made so far.
On March 12 , two strangers approached a resident of Bapu Dham Colony, offering him Rs 1.5 lakh unaccounted money in exchange of Rs 13,000 he had with him. The accused took him to Sector 17, handed over a packet and took his cash. White paper was found in the packet. On March 2, a city resident had gone to a branch of Punjab National Bank in Sector 26 to deposit Rs 46,500 in his account. While he was filling form at bank counter, a person offered him help in filling the form, distracted him and fled with his cash. On December 18, 2018, a man took away Rs 37,000 from a resident of Behlolpur in Mohali in exchange of stolen money worth Rs 2 lakh which turned out to be pieces of paper
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