Delhi Man Cheats US Woman Of $400,000 by Posing as “Agent of Microsoft”

New Delhi: Lisa Roth, a US citizen was cheated of four lakh dollars by a man from Delhi who claimed to be an “agent of Microsoft”.

According to Delhi police, this cyber fraud called up the US woman on July 4, 2023, and asked her to transfer $400,000 dollars to a cryptocurrency wallet. Roth was duped of Rs 3.3 crore ($400,000).

In 2024, the Enforcement Directorate arrested a bookie and a cryptocurrency handler named Lakshya Vij.

Investigation proved that the money transferred by Roth went to the wallets of Praful Gupta and his mother Sarita Gupta. During the investigation, it was also found that a person named Karan Chug was getting this money from Gupta and deposited it in different wallets. Later the money was transferred to different Indian bogus accounts by selling a cryptocurrency and the money was transferred at the behest of Karan and Lakshya, a man arrested the Enforcement Directorate. Later, they used the money received from people on betting apps.

The probe agency registered a case of money laundering and raided several places last month and recovered digital evidence. Investigation revealed that the money was transferred to all the wallets at the behest of Lakshya and he is the Kingpin of this cyber fraud racket. The main accused was produced in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court and the court sent him to 5-day Enforcement Directorate remand.