CEO faked money transfers to cheat firms across country of lakhs of rupees
BENGALURU: The 29-year-old entrepreneur Oindrila Dasgupta who was recently arrested for duping firms across the country of lakhs of rupees had a unique modus operandi. Turns out many people fell prey to screenshots while she showed of money being transferred into the victims’ accounts.
According to investigating officials, more number of cheating cases have been booked against the accused.
Cyber crime police sources said cheating complaints have been registered against Oindrila, the CEO of a start-up company, in Hennur, Bharatinagar, Koramangala, Vijayanagar and Madikeri Rural police stations. She was the co-founder of Eat.Shop.Love and a resident of CV Raman Nagar.
Madikeri police said she had also cheated a resort staff in the region. Oindrilla had checked into a resort in Madikeri and booked three rooms there. The total bill came up to `65,000. While checking out, she told the resort management that she would make the payment online. She then showed them her mobile phone, the screen of which showed that money was being transferred to the resort. So the resort staffers let her go. However, they soon realised that the money had not been credited and that they had been duped.
Madikeri Rural police said that the complaint was registered following the media reports of arresting her.
Police said, “She cheated some hotels by showing similar screenshots. She tried to do the same in Delhi but this time she was caught on October 28. She would use two names - Oindrila Sen or Oindrila Dasgupta.”
Another case was registered in Bharati Nagar police limits where she had cheated a hotel. In Hennur, Koramangala and Halasuru police limits, she had cheated a travel agency for not paying for airline tickets.
Sangeetha Cherian, who runs FCM Travel Solutions, said Oindrila cheated her of `1.62 lakh. She had booked flight tickets in July but had not made the payment. She has registered a complaint with Koramangala police.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, another travel agency owner said, “One day Oindrila called me and said somebody in Delhi had died and she needed to book eight air tickets. When asked to pay, she said she was not in a condition do it. She, however, sent pictures via email showing that she is transferring money from her bank account. Our staffers gave her the tickets but later we found that she cheated us. I lost `1.45 lakh.”
Cyber Crime police said Oindrila and her husband had separated two years ago. Oindrila had been living with her parents. However, another victim alleged that Oindrila’s husband also had a role in the crimes.
In fact, Oindrila’s husband Shayak Sen had also filed a case against her this March. He accused her of cheating him of `38 lakh.