Two incidents of task fraud were reported at Shivajinagar and Hadapsar police station jurisdictions wherein online cyber criminals cheated their victims to the tune of ₹14.91 lakh.
FIRs were lodged in the incidents on Wednesday against the accused, said police.
In the first case, the Shivajinagar police have booked a cybercriminal for cheating a 29-year-old victim to the tune of ₹4.99 lakh. The incident took place between November 9 and November 12 last year.
The police have invoked Indian Penal Code (IPC) 419, 420 and 33 including IT Act 66 C and D against the accused.
In the second incident, the Hadapsar police booked a fraudster for cheating a youth for ₹9.92 lakh.
A 40-year-old Manjri resident has lodged a complaint with the Hadapsar police stating that he was defrauded between October 2 and October 15 on different occasions.
The accused, on the pretext of being a recruiter, promised a crypto task and cheated the victim.
The accused won his confidence by crediting ₹14, 750 in the bank account of the victim and cheated him on multiple occasions.