Hyderabad, March 11 -- A 66-year-old Hyderabad based consultant was duped of Rs 3.5 crore in crypto currency investment fraud after being contacted by a fraudster via social media.

The victim, a resident of Kondapur approached the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau and filed a complaint stating that in February 2024, the fraudster contacted him via Facebook and identified herself as Navya.

She persuaded the consultant to join the Catal***M***t*.com, which was later rebranded as pc.omnifxpro.com. Trusting the fraudster, the consultant invested Rs 1.5 crore. However, when he tried to withdraw the profits he was blocked.

The complainant claimed that the fraudster then appeared on social media by the name Kajal Mishra.

Victim duped in the pa...