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- Kerala family arrives in luxury cars & dupes Mysuru furniture dealer
Mysore/Mysuru: A Kerala-based family posing as affluent buyers has defrauded a furniture store owner in the city of Rs. 99,65,500. Vijayanagar Police have registered an FIR against five individuals in connection with the elaborate scam. The fraud, which unfolded between Aug. 8, 2021 and Oct. 13, 2025, targeted Tree Trend Furniture — a high-end outlet on Hunsur Main Road in Hinkal. The store’s proprietor, A.C. Joy, a resident of Hootagalli, filed a complaint accusing five members of the same family of orchestrating the deception.
