Mumbai: Andheri police arrest woman who helped fraudster with her bank accounts to park fraudulently transferred money

MUMBAI: Andheri police on Wednesday arrested a 21-year-old woman whose accounts the fraudster shared with the complainant to transfer Rs 3.54 lakh collected for the portfolio shoots.
The money was siphoned from the 32-year-old Andheri woman between July 14 and 20 after informing her that her four-year-old daughter has got selected for the "Reliance Entertainment Modelling Audition".
Police are going through the arrested woman's bank accounts to know the number of transactions carried out by the fraudsters through the account.
According to the police, Andheri-resident Darshan Mitbavkar (32) filed the complaint on July 21 against two unknown people for cheating after luring her with the offer. "
The suspect arrested in the case is identified as Mousami Maiti (21).
The fraudster has lured her with a commission for every money that gets credited to her accounts. The cyber team led by sub-inspector Rohini Jagtap is tracking the main mastermind of the racket," said DCP (Zone X) Maheshwar Reddy.
The fraudster got hold of Mitbavkar's details that she shared during her visit to the Mall in February or March.
She had then shared her contact details with information about her daughter willing to get a nod audition for an ad shoot that she learned through the sales executive that was sharing details at the mall and making people fill out the form.
In the complaint, Mitbavkar said, "I received the call on July 13 from a person informing me that my daughter has been selected for the audition. The person asked me to select the package to do a portfolio shoot and voice audition. I have first asked to transfer Rs 29,440. Later, I was asked to transfer Rs 1.25 lakh, and Rs 2 lakh before realising that I was duped when they kept demanding more money."
Based on the complaint, DCP Reddy supervised the team--Andheri police senior inspector Santaji Ghorpade, inspectors Shivaji Pawade, and Rajkumar Hasbe, cyber police sub-inspector Rohini Jagtap, and team--track Maiti from Tilak Nagar with the help of the bank details.
Police said Maiti, who has pursued a fashion design course, has opened four bank accounts and shared the ATM card, cheque books, and net banking passwords with the fraudsters who promised her commission on every fund transaction that is carried through the accounts.
"Maiti said the fraudster approached her five months ago with a job offer after she registered her profile on a job portal. She accepted the fraudster’s offer due to the financial crisis at home and handed over the bank accounts that she opened using her genuine documents that were used in the fraud," said the officer.
Maiti was produced before the Andheri court on Thursday.