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Conmen make off with ₹40 lakh in cash, leave dummy cash

July 16, 2025

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Hindustan Times Jaipur

They are school dropouts and unemployed, with no apparent means of income.

- Karn Pratap Singh

But behind that modest façade, they ran an elaborate con — posing as money exchangers, and using word-of-mouth referrals and sleight-of-hand tricks, they duped unsuspecting victims out of lakhs.

Their latest act played out like a high-stakes scam from a low-budget con movie: they left a 29-year-old accountant holding a trunkful of dummy currency notes labelled “Manoranjan Bank of India” and “Full of Fun”, after pocketing ₹40 lakh from him.

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