Two arrested from Bengal for Rs.82L cyber fraud
Chandigarh, June 1 -- Two persons have been arrested from West Bengal for fraudulently withdrawing Rs.81.89 lakh from a corporate bank account, police said on Sunday. The accused have been identified as Rajdeep Ghosh (22) and Tanay Das (26), both of North 24 Parganas district.
They were booked on April 7 on the complaint of an employee of Alpha Forex Pvt Ltd, Sector 17. The complainant alleged that the registered mobile number linked to the company's bank account suddenly lost network connectivity and was later found to have been fraudulently swapped. An investigation revealed that both the primary and alternate mobile numbers linked to the bank account had been compromised, enabling fraudsters to gain unauthorised access and withdraw Rs.81.89 lakh.
A police team conducted a raid in Bengal and arrested both. During interrogation, it emerged that the accused had allegedly facilitated cyber fraud operations by providing bank accounts and SIM cards to organised cybercriminals. The probe further revealed that a portion of the defrauded amount was credited into the bank account of Tanay Das, and the SIM card used in the crime was traced. Sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita related to cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy were slapped, the cyber crime police mentioned.
Meanwhile, Shubham Kumar Goyal, a resident of Sector 45, alleged that he has been duped of Rs.5.5 lakh by an unknown person through Telegram. Police are investigating the case....
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