Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A doctor in Indore was duped of more than ₹3.23 crore in a large-scale online scam on Tuesday.
The Crime Branch has registered a case after the doctor reported the fraud. The money was transferred to multiple mule accounts across different states.
Police are now searching for the woman who tricked him and the people who helped by providing bank accounts.
Dr. Rudra Kumar Gupta, a resident of Scheme-54, Vijay Nagar, has an interest in stock market investments. On September 5 last year, he received a message on Telegram from a woman named Preeti. She spoke about making profits through stock market investments.
Trusting her words, Dr. Rudra followed her advice. She sent him a link to a website called www.xtbgloblltd.com and asked him to register. On September 12, he registered himself and his mother on the platform.
Preeti added him to a “director group” and gave him a customer ID and code. He first invested ₹10,000 and withdrew ₹10,535, which made him trust the platform more. Gradually, he deposited a total of ₹3.23 crore.
The platform created a fake portfolio for the doctor, showing stock-like movements and high profits. However, when he tried to withdraw ₹1 crore, Preeti and the platform’s support team demanded extra payments like gain tax, currency conversion charges, and income tax.
Realising something was wrong, Dr. Rudra approached DCP Rajesh Kumar Tripathi and ADCP Rajesh Dandotiya of the Crime Branch. Sub-Inspector Situ Jariya investigated and found that the money had gone into mule accounts in different states.
On Tuesday, police registered a case against unknown accused. The investigation is ongoing.
