New Delhi . The latest example of how deadly can be to invest in breathtaking schemes like giving great advantage can be a retired Navy officer. The incident is from Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, where an officer came into the talk of earning a big profit in the stock and lost crores of rupees. At present, the police has started investigating the case.

According to media reports, a 65 -year -old retired officer living in Khargar has suffered a total loss of Rs 2.47 crore. The entire scam was run through a WhatsApp group named Abans Pro. The police have registered a case under the relevant sections of BNS i.e. Indian Code.

How did scam
According to the FIR registered with the cyber police on Wednesday, the victim was added to a WhatsApp group on 25 December 2024. He was not aware of this group or the addict. Now there were frequent messages to investment, which used to talk about earning big profits. Also tried to prepare the group members for investment.

Now on 3 February 2025, the complainant expressed his desire to invest. Later, money was transferred to several bank accounts from the retired officer on behalf of the alleged company. Now the special thing is that through a fake app, he was shown earning big profits. He could see that he had Rs 39.43 crore. The money invested came through their personal savings, family help and debt.

This is how the busted
When the retired officer tried to withdraw Rs 3 crore from the balance, this could not be possible. They were asked to give 1 percent service charge. However, he talked about deducting fees from the balance, but the alleged company did not accept the request. After this, he got suspicious and came out of the online address and came to gather information about the company.

After reaching the location here, he found that there was a big deception. A police officer said that the victim was informed that the entire scheme is fake and many complaints have also been registered against it.