A woman masquerading as a television producer has been arrested for allegedly cheating people of huge sums of money with the promise of making them TV and movie artistes, police said.
Y Sreelatha, claiming to the producer of a leading Telugu television network, created a fake Facebook account in July 2018 and promised TV and movie aspirants roles in serials and films after collecting money from them, they said.
Acting on a complaint from two men from the city, who had paid her Rs 50,000 and Rs six lakh respectively, police conducted a probe and nabbed her from Bengaluru Friday.
She was brought here on Sunday, police said.
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