PANAJI: Cyber Crime Cell (CCC) of Goa police on Saturday arrested Swapnil Naik for allegedly cheating a person from Sattari of Rs 20 lakh by creating fake social media account in the name of a girl.
PI Vishwesh Karpe said that the accused befriended the victim through the fake social media account and started demanding money by giving various reasons including payment to get a job and father’s illness.
The accused asked the victim to deposit the money in different accounts belonging to different persons.
A few days ago, Naik, who pretended to be a VIP, checked into a hotel in Bengaluru with five bodyguards and fled without paying the room rent. Naik is said to have cheated the bodyguards too. Bengaluru police said that Naik arrived at hotel in Gandhinagar on January 2 rented a room. On January 8, his wife arrived, and two more rooms were rented for the bodyguards.
On January 9, they hired a mini-bus and went for a trip towards Ramanagara, but little did the hotel staff know that the couple had actually fled.