By Neeraj Kumar
Patna: Cyber criminals have swindled Rs 8.52 lakh from the bank accounts of a couple who are lawyers at the Patna High Court. Advocate Sunita Kumari and her husband, Pramod Kumar Singh, residents of Ruknpura, have lodged an FIR at the cyber police station regarding the incident. According to reports, an individual claiming to be Tushar Kumar, an employee at a customer service centre, contacted them. He made a video call and persuaded them to download the Yono app, Google Pay, and the Navi app. Subsequently, he withdrew Rs 7.53 lakh from Sunita’s account and Rs 99,101 from her husband’s account. Additionally, by sending a link for reward points, the criminals extracted Rs 42,915 from the account of Jagdev Prasad of Gardanibagh.
In another incident, criminals tricked Dilip Kumar Paswan of Dariyapur Gola by offering assistance and then swapping his card at a Canara Bank ATM near Brahmsthani Panchayat Mandir. They proceeded to withdraw Rs 1.20 lakh from his account. Meanwhile, at the Canara Bank ATM in Sabzi Mandi, within the Kadamkuan police station area, a criminal observed the PIN as a woman named Preeti Kumari was withdrawing money, snatched her card, and fled. The thief then withdrew Rs 40,000 from her account. This incident took place on Sunday.
Abhishek Kumar, a resident of Sahdev Path in Patel Nagar, fell victim to a different scam after applying for a job online. He received a work-from-home offer and was initially paid some money. However, the fraudster later conned him out of Rs 1.32 lakh by promising high returns on paid tasks. In yet another case, the fraudster swapped the ATM card of Dilip Kumar from Dariyapur and withdrew Rs 1.20 lakh. The same criminal also impersonated a friend, Negi, and called Ramdev Sinha of Boring Road, claiming to be ill and in need of help. Ramdev Sinha sent Rs 1 lakh, only to discover later that Negi had never made the call.
