Police have recovered some documents and two mobile phones from Paswan.
Mumbai:
Nearly two months after he allegedly duped Bollywood actor Annu Kapoor of Rs 4.36 lakh on the pretext of updating his bank KYC details, a 28-year-old man has been arrested from Mumbai. Police gave this information today.
The accused Ashish Paswan was arrested from suburban Andheri on Monday. He is a resident of Darbhanga, Bihar. An official said Paswan earns commission by helping people open bank accounts.
A special team identified Paswan through technical evidence, his mobile phone number and details of online transactions. He said that the photograph that the accused had submitted while opening his account in the private bank also matched.
Police have recovered some documents and two mobile phones from Paswan.
Investigation revealed that Paswan, posing as an executive working with the main branch of a private bank, called Kapoor in September.
Paswan told Kapoor that his ‘Know Your Customer’ (KYC) details were not updated in the bank’s records and if he failed to take immediate action, the account would be suspended. As per the First Information Report (FIR), on the pretext of completing the process, the fraudster managed to obtain the banking details of the actor and asked him to share the OTP (one-time password).
After a while, Kapoor received a call from the bank’s customer care number that his account had been compromised and Rs 4.36 lakh had been fraudulently transferred.
In shock, Kapoor reached the Oshiwara police station and lodged a complaint.
The FIR states that prompt action by the police and the bank’s manager ensured that out of Rs 4.36 lakh transferred to two different bank accounts, Rs 3.08 lakh was “debited”.
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