A middle-aged guy was defrauded by two persons from Goa, one of whom was a woman, of Rs. 9 lakh and cryptocurrency worth lakhs.
The accused have been identified as Ajay Govind Dodmani (29), a resident of 343, Housing Board Colony, Zuari Nagar, Sancoale, South Goa and Sukanta Ranjit Bhaumik (40), a resident of Panjim, Goa. Sukanta is a native of Lansdowne Terrace, near Deshapriya Park, Kolkata (West Bengal).
The victim, Avinash Raghunathrao Wasule (48), a resident of Plot No 37, Deotale Layout, Ambazari, came in contact with Dodmani and Bhaumik through the Internet in August 2017. They promised him and his friends high returns on investments.
After gaining Wasule’s confidence, they promised him to give up to 30 per cent interest. Accordingly, Wasule deposited Rs seven lakh in Kotak Mahindra Bank’s account (No 00122291039) of the accused between August 4, 2017 and October 10, 2017 from his account in Canara Bank’s Gandhi Nagar branch. On August 9, 2017, he deposited Rs two lakh from his mother’s account. Similarly, he sent crypto currency worth 0.58251 and 0.09418 using EBX App.
and zebpay App respectively to them. As the accused were sending mails to him on regular basis, Wasule thought that he was being benefitted in crypto currency. Later, he realised that he was being defrauded by Dodmani and Bhaumik and approached the police. Following Wasule’s complaint, PSI Shinde registered a case under Sections 406, 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code at Ambazari Police Station against Dodmani and Bhaumik.
