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Pune: Cybercrooks duped a 45-year-old resident of Maval taluka of Rs 21.35 lakh on the promise of giving good returns on his investments in cryptocurrency.Between June and July last year, the crooks took amounts from him into different bank accounts and duped him. The victim filed an online complaint application. After preliminary investigations, a case was registered with the Talegaon MIDC police on Saturday. Senior police inspector Santosh Patil of the Talegaon MIDC police told TOI that the complainant worked with a private company. In June last year, the crooks contacted him through a mobile messaging app and assured at least 20 percent profit on his investments in cryptocurrency. They shared a link with him to register for trading. The crooks initially returned a profit amount to him and gained his confidence. “Within 15 days, the victim transferred Rs 21.35 lakh to different bank account numbers provided to him,” Patil said. The officer said that when the victim tried to withdraw his money, the crooks started avoiding him by citing different reasons. The victim realised that he was being duped when the crooks deleted the link. He then approached the police and lodged a complaint. “Our investigations are on,” the officer said.