Rakia Imran
Former Kerala High Court judge Justice M Sasidharan Nambiar has purportedly been cheated of ₹90 lakh through a cyber scam.
Justice Nambiar transferred the funds to invest in a fraudulent share trading app promoted through a WhatsApp group named Aditya Birla Equity Learning Group, as per the First Information Report (FIR) registered at the Hill Palace police station.
The accused, Ayana Joseph and Varsha Singh had reportedly lured gave assurance of 850% by way of online share marketing, which led the former Judge to transfer Rs.90 lakhs in less than a month between December 4 and December 30,2024 before it came to his notice that it was a scam.
The FIR includes offences punishable under Sections 316(2) (criminal breach of trust) and 318(4) (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),2023, and Section 66D (cheating by impersonation using a computer resource) of the Information Technology Act, 2000.