The lure of easy profit through commission in corporate gifting led to a businessman being cheated out of nearly Rs 15 lakh. The Malad police recently registered a cheating case against a couple for cheating him.

According to police sources, complainant Brijeshkumar Pandey, 34, lives in Lucknow and has a real estate business. One of his business partners told him that his cousin, Kamlapati Tripathi, who lives in Mumbai, and his fiancé Payal Samuel, were into the corporate gifting business. He said Payal was the VP of a CSR department in a reputable firm and had to send gifts regularly to their important customers.