Bengaluru, Sept. 21 -- In yet another incident of cyber fraud in Bengaluru, a director at a multinational company fell victim to an online scam and lost Rs.7.5 lakh after being tricked into buying gift vouchers by someone posing as his company's CEO.

The incident came to light after Abhishek Mitra, the victim, filed a formal complaint with the Whitefield Division Cyber Crime Police, who registered a case on Friday, as per a report by The Hindu. The FIR invokes relevant sections of the Information Technology Act, 2000, as well as Sections 318 and 319 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, which pertain to cheating and impersonation.

According to Mitra's statement, he received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number, with the sende...