Kerala man held for cheating Qatar royal family of $760,000
The Kerala police yesterday arrested a Gulf-returnee for allegedly cheating the Qatar royal family of Rs 5.60 crore ($760,000) by faking e-mail IDs of the royals.
Police said they started an investigation into the case with the help of the cyber wing after receiving a complaint from the Qatar Museum Authority on June 13.
Within two days the account in which the amount was deposited was traced and frozen, a senior police officer on the condition of anonymity.
Since then police were on the lookout for the account holder, Sunil Menon (47) from Thrissur, who went on hiding after his account was frozen. He will be produced in the court on Thursday.
“During questioning, Menon told us he used a website (Emkei.cz) to breach the official site of the royal family and managed their IDs and other details. He also managed details of the US firm to fix the deal,” the police officer said.
“We are yet to find out whether more persons were involved in the cheating,” he said. With the swindled money, he said, Menon purchased an SUV recently and gave Rs 20 lakh as soft loans to his relatives.
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