Kochi: At 21, Krishnendu was already living the high life. The fashion designer and her friend Jinson funded their luxurious lifestyle and foreign jaunts by duping job seekers on social media.

Krishnendu, who completed a fashion designing course in Bengaluru, accosted job seekers on Facebook and convinced them to pay her Rs 53,000 in return for a job as salesman in a firm she planned to open in a Gulf country. Many of them fell for her offer of a job with a monthly salary of Rs 60,000. Most of them were on Jinson’s friends list.

Krishnendu and Jinson saw their bank account swelling. They rented premium cars and stayed at luxury hotels across Kerala.

One of the victims went to the police after Krishnendu and Jinson went back on a promise to call for a meeting of all the candidates in Kochi. The Palarivattom police arrested the duo on Saturday.

Krishnendu has traveled to the Middle East four times. The police are also looking into possible connections with employment rackets in the Middle East.

Krishnendu has been staying away from her family, the police said.

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