4 held in Rs.6.8-cr fraud posing as firm's director
Jaipur, Sept. 3 -- Four people have been arrested in connection with a Rs.6.8-crore cyber fraud in which criminals allegedly impersonated a Jaipur-based company's director and instructed its accounts head to transfer money through RTGS, police said on Wednesday.
Police said they have placed around Rs.3.5 crore of the defrauded amount on hold, and proceedings to return the money are underway.
The case was registered on August 25 after the company's accountant alleged that its computer system had been compromised a day earlier. The fraudsters allegedly deleted the director's actual number from WhatsApp Web and replaced it with another number carrying the same name and profile photograph.
They also allegedly replicated previous conversations to convince the accountant that the payment instructions had come from the director. The money was subsequently transferred to three bank accounts, police said.
The accused were identified as Mayank Kasautia, Brijmohan Drona alias Lucky, Samanaram and Mohit Yadav alias Moti.
ADG (Cyber Crime) Vijay Kumar Singh said investigators suspect that part of the money was converted into cryptocurrency. Police are examining records and seized devices to identify other members.htc...
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