A 46-year-old chartered accountant from Thane has allegedly been cheated by four persons who claimed to be associated with a logistics firm. The accused offered the victim help in transporting his car to Odisha.

According to the victim, he purchased a car in 2011, and as he was not using it much here, he wanted to send it to his hometown in Odisha. "He searched online for a logistics companies transporting vehicles, communicated with some persons whose details were mentioned on a website, and made the payment for the transportation of the car," an official from Kasarwadavali police station said.