India, July 16 -- A 65-year-old retired professor has been duped of Rs.1.93 crore by a woman he met via social media who claimed she was helping him invest in cryptocurrency. The woman approached the professor in July last year and convinced him to invest in cryptocurrency, following which her associates asked him to transfer money to different bank accounts, said police. The west zone cyber police station has registered a first information report (FIR) based on the retired professor's complaint.

According to the police, the complainant retired from a reputed college in Bandra in 2016. In August 2023, he received a friend request on Facebook from a woman identified as Ayesha, a Gurugram resident who worked for a global art company. She t...