Kolkata: A retail company in Kolkata lost Rs 1.5 crore in a digital impersonation scam.An accounts employee received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number that used the photo of the company’s managing director. The sender pretended to be the managing director and asked for an urgent fund transfer.Believing the message was real, the employee transferred Rs 1.5 crore through RTGS to an ICICI Bank account linked to a private digital solutions firm.The fraud was discovered the next day when the real managing director said he had not sent any such instruction. The company then filed a complaint with Girish Park Police Station.Kolkata Police’s cyber cell is investigating the bank account, beneficiaries, directors, and others linked to the fraud. The case has been filed under the BNS, 2023, and the IT Act, 2000.
