Five Online Fraud Cases Detected In Vijayapura; Rs 1.32 Crore Returned To Victims
The accused allegedly lured the victim by promising a daily return of four per cent through international trading in dollars, gold, crude oil and currency pairs. Believing the claims, the victim invested Rs 2,04,71,500, which was misappropriated online.
Vijayapura: The Vijayapura district police have cracked five major online fraud cases and recovered about Rs 1.32 crore, which has been returned to the victims, Superintendent of Police Laxman Nimbargi, said on Wednesday. The recoveries were made by the Cyber Crime Police Station and other police stations in the district after tracing the accused, freezing their bank accounts and securing court orders.
In Cyber Crime Police Station Crime No. 34/2024, registered under Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act, 2008, and Sections 318(4) and 319(2) of the IPC, a trader from Vijayapura city was cheated through a fake trading platform called “The Octa Trading App.” The accused allegedly lured the victim by promising a daily return of four per cent through international trading in dollars, gold, crude oil and currency pairs. Believing the claims, the victim invested Rs 2,04,71,500, which was misappropriated online. After issuing notices to the accused and freezing their bank accounts, the police earlier recovered Rs 70 lakh and have now credited an additional Rs 65.64 lakh to the complainant’s account, taking the total refund in this case to Rs 1,35,64,000.
In Cyber Crime Police Station Crime No. 04/2025, a doctor from Vijayapura district was allegedly cheated by a person who contacted him through a divorce matrimony platform, promised marriage and persuaded him to invest in crypto trading through a fake website. The accused collected Rs 2,15,50,000 from the complainant through different bank accounts. After freezing the accused’s accounts, the police recovered and refunded Rs 25,11,000 to the victim.
In Jalanagar Police Station Crime No. 85/2024, registered under Sections 409, 420, 465, 468 and 471 read with 34 of the IPC, the police investigated the alleged misappropriation of government funds amounting to Rs 75.90 lakh. The case involves District Manager Renuka Satarle, retired Taluk Development Officer SS Manigiri and Mudhol MT (now deceased), who were accused of dereliction of duty and misuse of funds under the Dr BR Ambedkar Development Corporation’s land ownership scheme between December 2018 and January 2019. The accused allegedly diverted funds through cross cheques and RTGS transactions from bank accounts in Vijayapura and Bengaluru. Their bank accounts were frozen and a report has been submitted to the court seeking orders to recover Rs 27,55,183.
In Cyber Crime Police Station Crime No. 18/2025, registered under Sections 316 and 318(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, a trader and nine others were cheated of Rs 58 lakh on the false promise of providing an e-commerce delivery franchise. So far, Rs 10 lakh has been refunded to the complainant and witnesses. In addition, Rs 12 lakh has been frozen in the bank accounts of other accused persons, and the police are in the process of refunding the amount after obtaining court orders.
In another case, registered as Cyber Crime Police Station Crime No. 17/2025, a trader from Vijayapura district was cheated by fraudsters posing as representatives of Jet Serve Aviation Private Ltd (Flyola), who claimed to offer helicopter services from Prayagraj airport to the Kumbh Mela venue. The accused neither provided the service nor refunded the money, cheating the complainant of Rs 4.08 lakh, including airfare and accommodation expenses. The entire amount has since been recovered and returned to the complainant after freezing the accused’s bank accounts.
In addition to these cases, the police traced 10 lost mobile phones worth Rs 2.40 lakh across Vijayapura city and district using the CEIR portal and returned them to their rightful owners, the SP said.
