Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- The Cyber Crime Police Station of Chandigarh Police stated that they have arrested a 34-year-old man accused of defrauding a victim of Rs 1.3 crore through impersonation.

The action was taken under the supervision of Superintendent of Police Cyber Crime Geetanjali Khandelwal, DSP A Venkatesh, and Inspector Eram Rizvi, SHO, Cyber Crime Police Station, Sector 17, Chandigarh.

The accused has been identified as Joshua Oscar Nevis, son of Oscar Nevis, a resident of Mumbai.

According to the complaint filed by the victim, he had received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number in which the sender impersonated his employer and asked him to urgently transfer money as an advance payment for a new project. Believing the m...