21-Aug-2024 10:46 PM
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Chandigarh, Aug 21 (Reporter) Punjab police’s Cyber Crime Division has busted an inter-state gang involved in cyber financial frauds by arresting of three alleged criminals from different districts of West Bengal, said ADGP Cyber Crime Division V Neeraja here on Wednesday.
Those arrested have been identified as Shovon Saha, Abishek Kumar Singh and Parveen Kumar
Rai. Police teams have also recovered three mobile phones, one laptop and Rs 30,900 from their possession.
As per the information, the Punjab State Cyber Crime Division had received a complaint regarding cyber fraud of Rs 49.60 lakhs, wherein the fraudster sent a WhatsApp message to the accountant of the company by using the display picture of the owner, who is a Mohali-based Realtor.
As the latter was unavailable to verify if the message was genuine, the employee assumed it to be from the owner the company and transferred the money into the bank account given by the fraudster.
Neeraja said of the three arrested persons, two were employees of Flipkart, who have rented their bank accounts to cyber fraudsters for a commission.
“Another important suspect identified as Md Delowar Gazi was traced but he suffered multiple injuries after a fall, and was not in a position to travel. The latter joined the investigation and revealed the names of other members of the gang,” she said.
Further investigation of the case is in progress to unearth the network of the cyber criminals and more arrests are expected, she added...////...