Five Online Fraud Cases Detected In Vijayapura; Rs 1.32 Crore Returned To Victims
vijayapura: Vijayapura district police have solved five major online fraud cases and recovered money amounting to around Rs 1.32 million returned to the victims, Superintendent of Police Laxman Nimbargi said on Wednesday. The rescue efforts were carried out by the Cyber Crimes Station and other police stations in the region after tracking the defendants, freezing their bank accounts and obtaining court orders.
In Cyber Crime Police Station Crime No. 34/2024 registered under Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act, 2008 and Sections 318(4) and 319(2) of the IPC, a trader from the city of Vijayapura was duped through a fake trading platform called “Octa Trading App”. The defendant allegedly deceived the victim by promising daily returns of four percent through international trading of dollars, gold, crude oil and currency pairs. Believing the allegations, the victim invested Rs 2,04,71,500, which was misused online. After issuing notice to the accused and freezing their bank accounts, the police had earlier recovered Rs 70 lakh and now deposited an additional Rs 65.64 lakh in the complainant’s account, taking the total refund in this case to Rs 1,35,64,000.
Cyber Crime Police Station Crime No. On 04/2025, a doctor from Vijayapura district was allegedly cheated by a person who contacted him through a divorce marriage platform, promised marriage and convinced him to invest in crypto trading through a fake website. The accused collected Rs 2,15,50,000 from the complainant through different bank accounts. After freezing the accounts of the accused, the police recovered the money and returned Rs 25,11,000 to the victim.
In Jalanagar Police Station Crime No. 85/2024 registered under Sections 409, 420, 465, 468 and 471 read under Section 34 of the IPC, the police investigated the alleged misappropriation of government funds amounting to Rs 75.90 lakh. The case involves District Manager Renuka Satarle, retired Taluk Development Officer SS Manigiri and Mudhol MT (now deceased), who are accused of dereliction of duty and misuse of funds under the land ownership scheme of Dr BR Ambedkar Development Corporation between December 2018 and January 2019. The accused allegedly diverted funds through crossed checks and RTGS transactions from bank accounts in Vijayapura and Bengaluru. His bank accounts were frozen and a report was submitted to the court for recovery of Rs 27,55,183.
Cyber Crime Police Station Crime No. registered under Sections 316 and 318(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. On 18/2025, a trader and nine others were defrauded of Rs 58 lakh by promising to provide an e-commerce delivery franchise. So far Rs 10 lakh has been refunded to the complainant and witnesses. Additionally, Rs 12 lakh has been frozen in the bank accounts of the other accused and the police are in the process of refunding the amount after obtaining a court order.
In another case registered as Cyber Crime Police Station Crime 17/2025, a trader from Vijayapura district was duped by fraudsters posing as representatives of Jet Serve Aviation Private Ltd (Flyola) claiming to provide helicopter service from Prayagraj airport to Kumbh Mela ground. The accused neither provided the service nor refunded the money by defrauding the complainant of Rs 4.08 lakh, including flight ticket and accommodation expenses. The full amount has since been recovered and returned to the complainant after the defendant’s bank accounts were frozen.
In addition to these cases, the police traced 10 lost mobile phones worth Rs 2.40 lakh in Vijayapura city and district using the CEIR portal and returned them to their rightful owners, the SP said.
