A case of cyber fraud involving misuse of an official email ID has come to light in the Worli area, where an unidentified individual duped a private company of approximately ₹21 lakh. The accused allegedly manipulated payment instructions and diverted funds to a different bank account, police said.
According to investigators, the fraud came to light after the accused sent a payment request from the company’s official email ID, sharing altered billing details and informing about a change in bank account. Acting on the request, the company’s accounts department transferred ₹21,65,726 to the mentioned account.
A case has been registered by the Central Region Cyber Police against an unknown person under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act. Police have launched a special operation to trace and arrest the person who opened the bank account in which the money was deposited.
Police said that Kamlesh Singh, a resident of Bhayandar, works as a Manager in the Human Resource Development department of a private company located at Shah and Nahar Industrial Estate in Worli. The company had scheduled a five-day budget meeting at a five-star hotel in Santacruz from March 19 to March 23, 2026.
For this purpose, a request for advance payment was received on the company’s official email ID. The email included billing details and also mentioned a change in the bank account. Based on this, the accounts department processed the payment.
However, after the transaction, Singh contacted the hotel’s MD secretary to confirm receipt of the payment. He was informed that no such payment had been received by the hotel. Following this, Singh alerted the accounts department and initiated an internal verification.
During the probe, it was revealed that the amount had been transferred to a bank account belonging to a company named “New Global Enterprises.” Further investigation indicated that the accused had tampered with the company’s email communication and replaced the hotel’s bank details with those of the fraudulent account.
Based on Singh’s complaint, the cyber cell registered an FIR and began an investigation. Police suspect that the accused used the company’s email ID to send fraudulent account details and mislead the firm into transferring the funds.
Officials are now tracing the bank account linked to New Global Enterprises and are working to identify and apprehend those involved in the fraud.