Delhi: Woman dupes 5-star hotel of over Rs 5 lakh through 'fake' UPI payments

A woman was arrested for allegedly staying at a Delhi hotel for 15 days and trying to dupe the hotel for an outstanding bill of over Rs 5 lakh police said on WednesdayAccording to the Delhi police the accused woman Jhansi Rani Samuel checked in at Hotel Pullman in Aerocity on December 30 2023 She was staying at room number 1161 for 15 days by making fake UPI payments with an appHotel officials informed that the accused presented false bank transactions for the services in the hotel and duped the hotel for Rs 5588176The hotel discovered that the accused was using a fraudulent payment method She presented payments with the ICICI Bank UPI app but upon payment reconciliation it was discovered that the hotel account had not received any paymentWhile verifying with the hotel spa it was also revealed that the guest had used facilities worth Rs 211708 with a fake identity of a person named Isha Dave The transaction for the same had been reconciled with the finance and was not reflected in the bank accounts of the hotelUpon informing the accused the woman tried to flee from the hotel lobby Upon stopping her by lady security staff she started manhandling by scratching their hands and hurled abuses while trying to leave the premisesSubsequently police were notified about the incident through the police helplineAs per police PCR call was received at Indira Gandhi International IGI Airport Police Station regarding a woman cheating the hotel of outstanding billsShortly after police reached Hotel Pullman where the complainant the Designation Assistant front office manager was present along with the hotel staff and the accusedA preliminary inquiry by the police showed that prima facie the offence was made outPolice then interrogated the accused woman and took her into custody at the police stationBased on the hotels complaint a case was registered against the woman on January 13 under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code IPC and she was arrested The accused woman was later released on bailAn investigation into the matter is underway further details into the matter are awaited informed policeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever