A 25-year-old man was cheated out of Rs5 lakh by Vishal Vasant Niwate (37), who promised to secure him a job as a ticket collector in the railways, police said on Thursday.
The victim, Prathamesh More, a resident of Kalyan, paid Niwate between January 10 and February 2 through multiple UPI transactions, according to Assistant Inspector Pravin Bakal of Khadakpada police station.
When More did not receive any appointment letter and Niwate began giving evasive answers, he lodged a complaint with the police.
A case has been registered under sections 318(4) (cheating), 316(2) (criminal breach of trust), 336(3) (forgery of electronic records), and 340(2) (using forged documents) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, said the officer.
Vishal Niwate is already in judicial custody in another case registered at Manpada police station, and police suspect he may have defrauded others using the same modus operandi.
