<p>The Bagalagunte police have booked four people for cheating a chief technology officer at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on the pretext of offering him a job and visa to Canada. </p>.<p>The suspects have been identified as David, Williams Thomas, Leela and Thingareela. </p>.<p>A senior police officer said that the suspects learnt that the victim wanted to do research in Canada and contacted him. They sent him a mail from career@canadaexxonmobil.com and hr@canadaexxonmobiloil.com, claiming that they were from Exxon Mobil Research and offered him a job in their company in Canada. </p>.<p>They asked him to get a visa and introduced him to Williams Thomas, saying he was working with the Canadian high commission's visa permit department.</p>.<p>After sending him applications, Thomas asked him to deposit Rs 3.70 lakh for the visa, which he did. When Thomas asked him to deposit another Rs 7 lakh, the victim suspected something was amiss.</p>.<p>Later, he learnt that he had been cheated.</p>
<p>The Bagalagunte police have booked four people for cheating a chief technology officer at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on the pretext of offering him a job and visa to Canada. </p>.<p>The suspects have been identified as David, Williams Thomas, Leela and Thingareela. </p>.<p>A senior police officer said that the suspects learnt that the victim wanted to do research in Canada and contacted him. They sent him a mail from career@canadaexxonmobil.com and hr@canadaexxonmobiloil.com, claiming that they were from Exxon Mobil Research and offered him a job in their company in Canada. </p>.<p>They asked him to get a visa and introduced him to Williams Thomas, saying he was working with the Canadian high commission's visa permit department.</p>.<p>After sending him applications, Thomas asked him to deposit Rs 3.70 lakh for the visa, which he did. When Thomas asked him to deposit another Rs 7 lakh, the victim suspected something was amiss.</p>.<p>Later, he learnt that he had been cheated.</p>
