Jammu, Dec. 24 -- In a chilling reminder of the growing menace of cyber fraud, a woman from a remote village in Arunachal Pradesh allegedly orchestrated a sophisticated international online scam, duping a Kashmiri businessman of over Rs.26 lakh by masquerading as a UK-based pharmaceutical executive.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in the high-profile case, exposing a carefully planned impersonation racket that thrived on fake identities, forged documents, and false promises of international business profits.
According to investigators, the accused projected herself as "Christiana," a resident of the United Kingdom and Secretary of Abbott Pharmaceuticals, UK, to trap the unsuspecting busines...