The Vinoba Bhave Nagar Police arrested 26-year-old Iman Ilyas Khan for impersonating a Google Pay employee and committing online fraud of Rs10,000 in Kurla. Khan approached Kazmeen Tailors, a small business run by 45-year-old Mainuddin Sajjad Ansari in Kurla West, under the pretense of updating digital payment systems.
On the night of June 15, Khan convinced Ansari that his linked PhonePe app needed updating to avoid disruption of payments. Khan requested access to Ansari’s phone and asked him to enter his PIN while opening the app. Moments later, Rs10,000 was transferred from Ansari’s Bank of Baroda account to an ICICI account belonging to Irshad Ali.
Suspicious, Ansari confronted Khan, who claimed it was a mistake and made a phone call. Soon after, Rs10,001 was refunded from an Axis Bank account under the name Ahmed Raza Abdul Majid Khan.
Police were alerted and took Khan into custody. He was found with an Aadhaar card listing an address in Bhayandar East. A case under Section 318(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for cheating and online fraud has been registered. Investigations are ongoing to check if Khan is involved in other similar scams.
