Engg student siphons off Rs5.5L from uncle’s a/c

Nagpur: A final year engineering student siphoned off nearly Rs5.5 lakh from her uncle’s account between November 2019 and June 2020. The family of the victim, clueless about the 22-year-old woman’s handiwork behind the online fraud, approached the cyber cell of the city police who helped them to unravel the mystery.
Sources from the police department said the young woman used to go to her uncle’s residence frequently. During one of her visits, she pocketed his credit card, the details of which she used to download a money transfer app.
TOI has learnt that the accused gave Rs two lakh to one of her friends and lavishly spent the remaining amount with another. She also purchased a high-end mobile phone and laptop with the help of the money transfer app.
Shocked to see his account depleted by more than Rs5.5 lakh, her uncle approached the cyber cell.
While seeking details of the bank account and the money transfer app, a mobile phone number and an IP address came to the fore. The complainant was stunned when he was informed by the cyber cell that the mobile phone number belonged to his niece. As the family did not wish to register an offence, the police ended the probe.