Promise of ‘quick stock market returns’ leads to Rs 1.4 crore loss for Kolkata woman; probe on
A 51-year-old woman, residing in West Bengal’s Haridevpur police station area in Tollygunge, has reported a loss of Rs 1.4 crore after being lured into investing in “the stock market” with the promise of “rapid, multi-fold returns”.ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO
Having lost a significant portion of her savings, she filed a complaint with the Lalbazar cyber cell, prompting the Cyber Crime police station of Kolkata Police to initiate an investigation.
According to sources at Lalbazar, the complainant informed the police that she had searched online for investment opportunities in March.
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Through that source, she was contacted by a company. “It is alleged that after talking to her on the phone several times, the complainant was added to a WhatsApp ...