2 weeks ago
Fraudsters posing as senior official dupe accountant into Rs1.5cr transfer
Some bad people sent a message on WhatsApp to a person whose job is to look after a company's money.
The message pretended to be from a senior director of the company, like a big boss.
The bad people tricked the accountant into sending a very large amount of money, Rs 1.5 crore.
A crore is a very big number, so this was a huge amount of money.
The company is linked to a businessman and politician named Sanjay Pathak.
It happened in a city called Katni.
The police are looking into what happened.
A senior police officer named Abhinay Vishwakarma told people about the fraud on Thursday.
Tricks like this, where people pretend to be someone they are not to get money, are called cyber fraud.
Cyber fraudsters sent a WhatsApp message to a company accountant in Katni, posing as a senior director.
The accountant was induced to transfer Rs 1.5 crore to the fraudsters.
The targeted company is linked to BJP MLA and mining baron Sanjay Pathak.
The fraud took place between 2 pm and 3 pm on Wednesday.
Katni Superintendent of Police Abhinay Vishwakarma confirmed the incident on Thursday.
- Who
- Cyber fraudsters posing as a senior director, and the accountant of a company linked to BJP MLA and mining baron Sanjay Pathak.
- What
- The fraudsters sent the accountant a WhatsApp message pretending to be a senior director and induced him to transfer Rs 1.5 crore.
- Where
- Katni.
- When
- Between 2 pm and 3 pm on Wednesday; reported by police on Thursday, August 13.
- Why
- To fraudulently obtain Rs 1.5 crore from the company by impersonating a senior official.
Key facts
- Company affected
- A company linked to BJP MLA and mining baron Sanjay Pathak
- Amount transferred
- Rs 1.5 crore
- Fraud method
- WhatsApp message impersonating a senior director
- Location
- Katni
- Time of incident
- Between 2 pm and 3 pm on Wednesday
- Confirmed by
- Katni Superintendent of Police Abhinay Vishwakarma
- Police announcement
- Thursday, August 13











