Cyber swindlers in police net
The cyber wing of the Mumbai police has arrested two people in two different cases in a fraud case.
Both the accused used a similar modus operandi. In one case, the accused tried to fraudulently obtain money from an England-based company, while in another case, the accused duped a Uganda-based client to the tune of `7.3 lakh.
The accused have been identified as Jagdish Ramlakhan Singh and Mahendra Shah.
Singh was arrested on the complaint of Paresh Mehta, owner of Sharda Corporation Company.
A source said, on November 2012 an unknown person hacked the company’s email ID and created a new one. The person then sent e-mails to all the clients of the company saying operations with the old bank account of the company had been stopped and gave details of a new account. Mr Mehta’s client in England informed him about the mail, after which he approached the cyber police. Singh was arrested after a police inquiry.
In another case, the police arrested Shah, on the complaint of officials of Mumbai-based company, SVM Wrapping Pvt. Ltd.
On February 13, an old client of the company, based in Uganda had placed a purchase order via e-mail to procure two packing machines. But on February 18, the company’s official called up the complainant and informed them about non-receipt of deliveries of the said machines despite making a payment of `7.3 lakh. The company filed a complaint with the police. Shah was then arrested on suspicion.
Both Singh and Mehta were arrested under relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.
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