Woman pretends to be TV producer, held for cheating artists

A woman, who claimed to be 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. Acting on a complaint from two men, the city police conducted a probe and nabbed her from Bengaluru on Friday.

Hyderabad: 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 artists, police said.

"Y Sreelatha, claiming to be 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 on Friday.

"She was brought here on Sunday," police said.