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Cyber Crook Wanted In 22 Cases Held | Hyderabad News
HYDERABAD: Rachakonda police nabbed a person from Nawada district in Bihar for allegedly conning a woman by collecting 29 lakh on the pretext of sending gift cards through e-commerce portals. Later during probe, police found that the accused was involved in 22 different cyber crime cases. Police freezed 33 lakh from different bank accounts.
According to the police, a widow had ordered an earphone on an e-commerce site in August 2021. However, a few days later, she received a call from a person claiming to be a representative of the e-commerce site. The caller informed her that she has won a car worth 15 lakh through a lottery system.
The woman was given an offer either to take the car or earn an equivalent amount and she opted for taking the cash.
For collecting the cash, as per his instructions, she first paid 8,500 through e-wallet, subsequently, she was made to transfer nearly 29 lakh to three different accounts citing different fees.
Based on the bank accounts and the phone numbers from which she got the call, cyber crime police found that the accused, Rajesh Kumar Mahato, was in Nawada district. A team of policemen from Rachakonda with the help of Bihar police nabbed Mahato.
Rajesh hatched a plan to dupe people by luring them by claiming that they have won a lottery or fraudulently offering loans in the name of different banks.
“The accused bought the data of consumers from different sources and later used them to cheat gullible people by luring them on different pretexts,” police said.
According to the police, a widow had ordered an earphone on an e-commerce site in August 2021. However, a few days later, she received a call from a person claiming to be a representative of the e-commerce site. The caller informed her that she has won a car worth 15 lakh through a lottery system.
The woman was given an offer either to take the car or earn an equivalent amount and she opted for taking the cash.
For collecting the cash, as per his instructions, she first paid 8,500 through e-wallet, subsequently, she was made to transfer nearly 29 lakh to three different accounts citing different fees.
Based on the bank accounts and the phone numbers from which she got the call, cyber crime police found that the accused, Rajesh Kumar Mahato, was in Nawada district. A team of policemen from Rachakonda with the help of Bihar police nabbed Mahato.
Rajesh hatched a plan to dupe people by luring them by claiming that they have won a lottery or fraudulently offering loans in the name of different banks.
“The accused bought the data of consumers from different sources and later used them to cheat gullible people by luring them on different pretexts,” police said.
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