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Haryana: In Sonipat, the Cyber Police have uncovered a case of hacking a manager’s mobile phone to withdraw cash from his account, leading to the arrest of five members of a gang. The police arrested the accused from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh and from Manimajra in Chandigarh. They recovered cash, mobile phones, debit cards, checkbooks, and passbooks from the suspects. Nationwide, 2,243 people have reportedly been defrauded out of ₹8.31 crore.
Balraj, a resident of West Ramnagar, reported to the Cyber Police on November 1st that he is the manager at the Punjab National Bank’s Sohati branch. He informed them that he downloaded WhatsApp on his mobile on October 22nd, after which someone hacked into his phone.
Starting October 25th, he began receiving messages indicating money was being deducted from his account. Upon receiving these messages, he immediately blocked his account and discovered that ₹9,80,500 had been withdrawn. It was revealed that fraudulent documents had been used to transfer money to bank accounts opened on fake websites using his account.
The Cyber Police, led by Officer Basant Kumar and his team, which included ASI Narendra, Sanjay, Pradeep, Vikas, and Dinesh, arrested the five accused. They included Shailesh from village Phulpur in Azamgarh district, Bhim from village Asnara in Ambedkarnagar, Chanchal from village Shahabuddinpur, Vishal from village Ahiroli Rani Mau, and Govind from village Nuruddinpur.
The police seized ₹24,000, 8 mobile phones, 30 debit cards, 20 checkbooks, and 20 passbooks from the arrested suspects. There have been 2,243 complaints about such frauds across the country, with 94 cases registered and ₹8.31 crore defrauded.
The police investigation revealed that the accused had opened bank accounts using fake addresses. They then provided these accounts to others, who received the amounts obtained through fraud, distributing their share among themselves.
