A Gujarat businessman, who runs a renewable energy firm, was duped of Rs 2.69 crore in a Sextortion trap. On August 8 last year, a women who identified herself as Ria Sharma from Morbi called him up and convinced him to take off his clothes during a video call. She then cut the call abruptly and the victim was extorted to pay Rs 50,000/- , so that his nude video call is not circulated.
Gujarat businessman loses Rs 2.69 crore in ‘sextortion trap’
A Gujarati businessman who owns a company that produces renewable energy fell victim to a sextortion trap and lost Rs. 2.69 crore. On August 8 of last year, a woman who claimed to be Ria Sharma from Morbi phoned him and persuaded him to take of his clothes on camera. She then abruptly ended the call, forcing the victim to agree to pay Rs 50,000/- in order to prevent the distribution of his nude video call.
After a few days, the victim received a call from a man posing as Inspector Guddu Sharma from the Delhi Police, who demanded Rs 3 lakh by saying he had the video tape.
On August 14, a different individual seeking Rs 80.97 lakh claimed to be a member of the Delhi police cyber unit and claimed that women had attempted to commit suicide. He gave the cash to them.
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After some time, the victim began receiving calls from a phoney CBI officer who said the woman’s mother had contacted the Central Bureau of Investigation and sought Rs 8.5 lakh to settle the case. He kept sending money till December 15 before becoming suspicious after receiving a fake Delhi High Court judgement indicating that the dispute had been resolved.
Victim approaches Cyber Crime Branch
On January 10, he went to the Cyber Crime Branch police station and filed a complaint against 11 people, alleging that they had extorted 2.69 crore.
Among other offences, the FIR has been filed under Indian Penal Code sections 387 (extortion), 170 (impersonation as public servant), 465 (forgery), 420 (cheating), and 120-b (criminal conspiracy).
The victim added that an investigation was ongoing and that no one had been arrested in the matter to date.
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