Man dupes 50 jewellers through digital payment platform

According to the police, the man used to show shop staff the cropped version of PhonePe failure; he would edit the failure version with ‘successful’

Post By : IJ News Service On 28 February 2022 12:04 AM

Pune police have arrested a man who duped around 50 jewellers on the pretext of paying them by PhonePe for purchase of gold ornaments from their shops.

A special police team was formed consisting of constables Prashant Dudhal and Suraj Kumbhar, who carried out technical analysis and nabbed the accused, whose real name is Vishal Manik Ghodke (28), a resident of Undri.

According to the police, Ghodke used to show shop staff the cropped version of PhonePe failure where he edited the failure version with being successful and cheated around 50 jewellers to the tune of ?14 lakh.

The investigators have found cheating related cases lodged against him at Hadapsar, Jejuri, Wanowrie, Chandannagar, Bharati Vidyapeeth police stations for cheating jewellers using the same cheating method.

 

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