A 37-year-old private firm executive has approached the cybercrime police of the Criminal Investigation Department, claiming that representatives of a US-based company, MedipharmaCo, have cheated him of Rs 1.23 crore.
Based on the complaint by Manjunath T from the apparel selling firm Nakshatra Creations, the cybercrime police on Saturday booked a case against George Huang, John Wung, and Ryan Philip Nguse.
Manjunath stated in his complaint that he contacted MedipharmaCo through a website on July 16 to get N95 masks.
Firm's CEO George Huang, sales manager John Wung, and Ryan Philip Nguse had discussions with Manjunath through their emails ceo@medipharmaco.com, info.medipharmaco@gmail.com, and ryanwolfe@awowosu.com.
Deal sealed
The trio agreed to supply the masks at $1.65 a piece (around Rs 124). They sealed a deal to supply four lakh masks for $6,60,000 (around Rs 4.95 crore).
Complying with the agreement, Manjunath transferred Rs 1.23 crore, 25% of the amount, to an account provided by the accused. But neither did they send the masks nor return the money.
An investigating officer said a case has been registered and an investigation is underway.