Mohali, June 2 -- A city-based surgeon, Dr Pankaj Bhalla, has been defrauded of Rs.90.93 lakh in an online trading scam that promised high returns.

The cyber crime police at Phase-4 have registered a case and launched an investigation to trace the accused.

Dr Bhalla, a resident of Sector-79 and employed in the medical department, said in his complaint that he began investing on February 19 after receiving an email from Team Aubrey.fun, claiming to represent S&W Aubrey Capital Management Investment Funds, allegedly based in Hi-Tech City, Hyderabad.

He was later contacted via WhatsApp by a man identifying himself as Anoop Mehra, who shared a trading account link and added him to a group named MK-S&W Group. Mehra frequently encouraged Bha...