Patna cybercrook dupes Tivim resident of Rs 4L with ice cream biz lure
Goa police on Thursday arrested a cyber fraudster from Patna, Bihar, for allegedly cheating a Tivim resident to the tune of Rs 4.2 lakh under the pretext of providing an ice cream parlour franchise.
Cybercrime SP Rahul Gupta said that the Tivim resident lodged a complaint stating that from May 2025 to June 6 this year, a man claiming to be Abhishek Sharma impersonated a sales advisor of a popular ice cream chain.
Sharma allegedly induced the complainant to deposit a sum of Rs 4.2 lakh towards registration fees, security fees, and software fees for the purported franchise.
'When the complainant deposited the amount, the accused, intending to deceive the complainant, sent fake registration certificates in the name of the ice cream chain and started demanding more money from the complainant,' Gupta said.
'He failed to grant the franchise, thereby cheating the complainant.'
A team of the Colvale police station collected information from the bank and the mobile service providers of the accused. Technical surveillance was deployed as well.
The bank account holder was identified to be from Patna, Gupta said.
'Alok Kumar, 19, was arrested at the Paliganj police station in Bihar,' Gupta said. 'The accused was then produced before the judicial magistrate first class, Bicholim, and remanded in five days of police custody. The fraud amount has been kept on hold by the bank upon the request of the cyber cell.'
Gupta said that the fraudster is involved in five cases across the country, with the fraud amount totalling Rs 22.2 lakh.
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