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A major incident of cyber crime has come to light in Barabanki district. Here a retired colonel has been cheated of crores of rupees through a fake trading app. The accused cheated the colonel to the tune of 1 crore 63 lakh 71 thousand rupees by luring him to invest in the stock market and earned a huge profit. Realizing the fraud, the colonel complained to the cyber cell, on the basis of which a case was registered and an investigation started.
According to the complaint filed in the cyber cell, Colonel Dr. Alok Kulshrestha is a retired army officer of 64 years and Dr. resides at KNS Memorial Institute of Medical Sciences. The fraud against him was committed during July-August 2024. Retired Colonel Dr. Alok said two different fake trading apps on WhatsApp, SMIFS Max and LSV Management, are run by two different groups. They have been cheated by luring them to invest in the stock market. He joined WhatsApp group All Mammoth Project Gold Medal Qualifier on 16 August.
Claimed profit in stock
Joined another group on 10th July and left it on 16th August. The main accused of the trading app, Anand Selvakesari and the app operator, Shalini Trivedi, approached him on 9 July 2024 and proposed to train him in investing in the stock market. On 10 July he was asked to join the VIP 34 group. Online classes were running in the stock market. During the class, a special plan was explained, promising huge profits through UC stock.
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At first there was no doubt
For this he downloaded the app, in which KYC and registration were done. The money was then deposited into different personal bank accounts. The benefits were demonstrated early on, which did not raise any doubts. Gradually Shalini and Anand persuaded him to invest more. He invested 55.10 lakh rupees on it by taking his savings and loan from the bank. When I tried to withdraw the money, he made many excuses and stopped the withdrawal. On August 31, the retired colonel learned that it was a hoax.
Accused robbed of life’s earnings
Similarly, in another case of fraud, 1 crore 8 lakh 61 thousand rupees were deposited. After this he asked to deposit a fee of Rs 29 lakh, only to find out that it was a fraud. In both these cases he lost his life savings. Now cyber cell has registered this case and started investigation.
