Police have registered a case against three persons claiming to be associated with a placement agency in Navi Mumbai for allegedly cheating a man and his friend of Rs 8 lakh after promising them lucrative jobs in the shipping industry, officials said on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI.
The accused approached the 24-year-old man, hailing from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh, between October 2024 and July 2025.
They promised jobs to the man and his friend in the shipping industry and allegedly took Rs 8 lakh from them as recruitment and processing fees, an official said, reported PTI.
However, neither the two persons got employment nor did the accused return their money.
“Whenever the man tried to contact the accused for an update on the promised job or a refund, they dodged him and eventually became unresponsive,” the official said, reported PTI.
Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered on July 5 at the APMC police station in Navi Mumbai against the three accused under sections 318(4) (cheating) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, he said.
The police were examining the placement agency`s operations and working to trace the accused.
Elderly man loses Rs 73.72 lakh in gold trading fraud after meeting woman on dating app
In another case, a 62-year-old resident of Navi Mumbai has allegedly been cheated of Rs 73.72 lakh after being lured into gold trading for high returns by a woman whom he met through a dating application, police said on Monday, reported PTI.
The woman got in touch with the man, who resides in the New Panvel area, through the dating app between March and May 2024.
Following initial interactions, the two continued chatting on WhatsApp during which the woman, who identified herself as Zia, lured the man to invest in a gold trading scheme, an official from Khandeshwar police station said, reported PTI.
The woman assured the victim of high returns and persuaded him to use a specific trading application. The victim subsequently invested Rs 73.72 lakh over a span of three months, the official said.
However, when no returns were credited later, the man grew suspicious. When he tried to enquire about the promised returns and the invested money, the woman stopped responding and eventually became incommunicado, the official said. The man then approached the police with a complaint, reported PTI.
Following a preliminary inquiry, the police on July 4 registered a case under sections 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act, the official said.
The police were working to trace the accused and track digital footprints related to the fraudulent transactions, he added.
(With inputs from PTI)
