E-Commerce Employee Duped by Fake CBI Officials for Rs 2.32 Crore

Three individuals, posing as CBI officials, swindled Akshay Avinash Palliwar, an employee of a leading e-commerce company, of Rs 2.32 crore over two months. They deceived him into transferring cash, gold, and jewelry, claiming he was under a 'digital' arrest for supposed illegal activities.

Three individuals posing as CBI officials allegedly defrauded an employee of a prominent e-commerce company of Rs 2.32 crore over two months, revealed a Nagpur police official on Saturday.

The trio contacted 24-year-old Akshay Avinash Palliwar, a resident of Laxmi Nagar, on April 21, stating he was under CBI investigation for sending prohibited items abroad. The fake officers demanded he keep his Skype camera on during a 'digital' arrest, the official said.

Palliwar was coerced into transferring money and gold, totaling Rs 2.32 crore, while under this pretended arrest. The scammers, identified as Sumer Singh Jagmal Singh (45), Prakash Meghnani, and Dalpat Singh, all from Rajasthan, used counterfeit documents to claim they were CBI officials. They managed to extort 1,800 grams of gold, 1 kg of silver, and Rs 67 lakh in cash. A case has been registered, and Sumer Singh was apprehended in Mumbai. Authorities have frozen 24 bank accounts linked to the accused.