P'kula woman duped of Rs.2L in fake gold loan takeover deal
Panchkula, Nov. 2 -- A 30-year-old branch head of a finance company in Sector 9 was allegedly duped of Rs.2 lakh by a man posing as a customer seeking to transfer a gold loan from Muthoot Finance to the company.
According to an FIR registered at the cyber crime police station on Saturday, the complainant said the accused contacted her over the phone for four to five days, claiming he wanted to take over a gold loan. On October 23, he visited her office in Sector 9 with documents, including two cheques, an Aadhaar card, a PAN card and a Muthoot Gold Loan slip.
After completing the loan takeover formalities and obtaining approval, the company transferred Rs.2 lakh to the accused's Axis Bank account. The complainant later accompanied him to verify the pledged gold at Muthoot Finance's Sector 9 branch and his local address in Sector 10.
However, he allegedly fled when they reached a hospital near Sector 4....
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