Vasai resident held for Rs1 crore fraud

The Mulund police arrested Troy Perriera, 27, from Manikpur, Vasai, for a siphoning off Rs1 crore from a man’s account. 

Ankur Korani, a director in a cosmetic company, came to know about the fraud when he got 12 messages about his money being transferred to 12 different bank accounts across India on Thursday.

Out of the 12 accounts, one belonged to Perriera to which Rs30 lakh was transferred. Perriera was caught after he went to withdraw Rs20,000 from an ATM in Borivli.

According to the police, the transfer took place from the account of Fiabila India Ltd through Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS). Korani, the director of Fiabila India Ltd, registered an FIR with the Mulund police immediately after the receiving messages. Perriera was picked up from Vasai on Saturday.

The first transaction took place at around 9am on Thursday for Rs12 lakh. Korani lost Rs1 crore from his account in the 12 transactions. The police froze all accounts where money from Korani’s account was transferred but only managed to save Rs54 lakh. The remaining amount was withdrawn. 

The police have found out that the main accused had promised a fixed percentage of share of the money to the account holders. The police suspect the role of some bank employee in the fraud. Perriera has been booked for cheating and fraud  under the cyber crime sections.

Perriera was produced in the court on Saturday, he has been remanded to police custody till February 9. “Our investigations are on in the case and after the interrogation of Perriera, we will be getting the name of main accused in the case,” said a police inspector from the Mulund police station.