Police have registered a case against three persons claiming to be associated with a placement agency in Navi Mumbai for allegedly cheating a man and his friend of Rs 8 lakh after promising them lucrative jobs in the shipping industry, officials said on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI.

The accused approached the 24-year-old man, hailing from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh, between October 2024 and July 2025.

They promised jobs to the man and his friend in the shipping industry and allegedly took Rs 8 lakh from them as recruitment and processing fees, an official said, reported PTI.