Mumbai, Jun 19 (PTI) A fraudster has been arrested here for allegedly posing as a Google Pay executive and transferring money from a shop owner’s account on the pretext of `updating system’, police said on Thursday.
The accused was identified as Imaan Ilyas Khan.
As per complainant Mainuddin Sajjad Ansari, who has a tailoring shop in Kurla, Khan called on him two days ago. Claiming to be a Google Pay executive, he asked Ansari if his digital payment system was updated.
When Ansari said he had not updated it, Khan said it could disrupt transactions and asked for his mobile phone.
Ansari, who uses PhonePe UPI payment app, unlocked it and handed it him.
Khan pretended to update the system and tried to leave, telling him that the system would be updated in 10 to 15 minutes.
Sensing that something was wrong, Ansari stopped him and checked his transaction history only to find that Rs 10,000 had been transferred from his account.
Khan told him it was a mistake and made a phone call. Soon after, Rs 10,001 were transferred back to Ansari’s account.
But Ansari alerted police nevertheless, and Khan was arrested by V B Nagar police for alleged impersonation and cheating. Further probe is on, the police official said. PTI ZA KRK
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