India, Dec. 17 -- The police have registered an FIR after several customers of the Trident Hotel were allegedly cheated by cyber fraudsters posing as hotel representatives and collecting booking amounts through fake online links.

According to the Bandra Kurla Complex police, the complaint was filed by Akshay Daine, 47, the chief security officer of the Trident Hotel, on behalf of the hotel management. The police said the hotel's general manager, Amit Khare, had initially approached the police and later authorised Daine to formally lodge the complaint.

The fraud came to light on November 30, when a family contacted the hotel claiming they had a confirmed booking, however the hotel staff found no such reservation in the hotel's system. Th...