Delhi Cyber Police arrests hackers targeting HDFC bank a/c holders
A Delhi-based gang of cyber criminals was arrested for covertly taking out the money from the HDFC bank accounts of hundreds of people. Three of the accused have been arrested, whereas one is still on the run.
It was revealed during the interrogation that all the accused identified as Sunny Kumar Singh, Kapil and Pavin Ramesh, are friends and residents of Rohini, Delhi and its nearby areas.
One of the accused Sunny Kumar Singh works in Credit Card Selling department of a reputed Bank and has the access to records of bank from where he used to collect information of accounts that have alluring offers such as Instant Loan, Jumbo Loan, Smart EMI etc.
The accused would collect data of bank customers and co-accused Pavin Ramesh and Rakesh used to make fake ID proof through photoshop having their own photographs on fake IDs. After this they reissued SIM cards of the phone number linked with the accounts, following which the accused Sunny Kumar Singh used to change the linked Gmail ID of HDFC account so that he can read the OTP received on Gmail ID and the people were then subsequently cheated.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) Sagar Singh Kalsi said a complaint was received in Cyber North through National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) wherein the complainant alleged that he received a message regarding reissuing of his SIM card without his knowledge following which he received a message regarding password change of his Gmail ID.
The complainant then checked his HDFC account statement and found that someone has taken a loan of Rs 11 lakh from his account and has transferred Rs. 1,00,000 from the loan amount to someone else account through internet banking. Based on this complaint, the police registered a case under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code at the Cyber police station.
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