MUMBAI: A 42-year-old makeup artist, looking to make quick money by investment in cryptocurrency, was lured into a WhatsApp group where the group admin and members painted her rosy pictures and gave artificial profit graphs and was duped of Rs 7 lakh.D B Marg police has registered a case of cheating, breach of trust and under IT Act against five persons, and is looking for them.
The South Mumbai woman alleged that on June 9 she was added to BTC Wealth Group 22. She got messages from members, discussing huge profits in cryptocurrencies. She believed them and made an investment.
“She contacted the group admin Jessica, who chatted with her and told her to download two apps, Binance and BTM, to invest in rupees. These apps calculate (USD) investment in rupees, which becomes easy for her. Jessica and Michael were guiding her on the investment.’’ said an officer.
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