Man Duped of ₹1.92 Crore by 'Woman' Who Was Actually a Man in Lucknow Cyber Fraud

• A Lucknow man, Shalabh Pandey, was defrauded of ₹1.92 crore in a cyber scam after befriending someone on WhatsApp.
• The scammer, Imran Ghazi, posed as a woman named Bhavika Shetty and convinced Pandey to invest in a scheme promising high returns.
• Pandey transferred ₹1.92 crore to various bank accounts before realizing he had been duped.
• Police arrested Imran Ghazi, who confessed to creating fake identities and using fraudulent Aadhaar and PAN cards to open bank accounts.
• Investigations revealed ₹54 lakh passed through Ghazi's accounts, with total transactions of ₹1.52 crore in a month; efforts are on to nab other accomplices.

Why It Matters: A Lucknow man lost ₹1.92 crore to a cyber fraudster who posed as a woman on WhatsApp.