Pune: A Bhosari MIDC-based firm became the latest target of a ‘CEO fraud’ or ‘boss scam’ after its accounts executive transferred Rs 30 lakh on the instructions of a person posing as the company director on Aug 19.The accounts executive lodged a complaint with the Bhosari MIDC police on Saturday.A police officer said the executive stated in his complaint that he received a message from the ‘company director’ on a team collaboration platform on Aug 19. The profile had the director’s name and photograph.The suspect, who posed as the director, provided details of a bank account and instructed the complainant to transfer Rs 30 lakh immediately.“The complainant did not suspect anything and transferred the sum to the given account. After the transfer, the complainant verified the transaction with the director’s office and realised that he had been duped,” the officer said.“So far, investigations have revealed that the money was transferred to an account with a private bank in Nayagarh district of Odisha. We have sought details of the account,” he said.
