Karimnagar: Cyber fraud in the name of Customs Department - The rope is pulled.
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| Cyber fraud in the name of Customs Department |
Cyber criminals in the name of Customs Department cheated
a woman from Karimnagar district. They extorted Rs. 21 lakh 80 thousand from
her. When the cheated woman approached the police, the police arrested the cyber-criminal
from Odisha and sent him behind bars.
As technology has become more accessible, more frauds are
happening. No matter how many awareness programs the police have conducted on
cyber frauds, people continue to fall into the traps of cyber criminals at some
place or another every day. Recently, another incident came to light in
Karimnagar district.
A cyber-criminal called a woman from Karimnagar district,
posing as an officer from the Customs Department. The stranger called and asked
her to immediately talk to the Delhi Police. He said that a parcel had arrived
at Indira Gandhi Airport... It contained bank ATM cards, drugs, and a passport.
He deceived the victim by saying that there were police officers in the
conference call.
The woman believed that the person talking to her was a
customs officer and sent Rs. 21.80 lakh in two installments to the bank account
given by the assailant. Later, suspecting the scam, the victim called the Cyber
Crime Helpline Center 1930 and filed a complaint. DSP Narasimha Reddy, who is
acting as the Station House Officer of the Karimnagar Cyber Security Bureau,
registered a case and took up the investigation, and the cyber-criminal was
caught by the police.
The rope was pulled.
The Cyber Security Bureau police, who registered an FIR
and took up the investigation, pulled the rope. A team led by Cyber Security
Bureau Sub-Inspector Vamsi Krishna arrested Sadanshu Shekhar Mahanti, who was
hiding in Bhubaneswar district of Orissa. He was produced before the Karimnagar
court. Sadanshu Shekhar Mahanti opened a bank account in the name of ORPLE
APPLIANCES PVT LTD by convincing Punjab National Bank officials that he was
doing business in Bhubaneswar.
Cyber Police investigation revealed that he had obtained
the bank account with the help of his elder brother Sarveshwar Mahanti. He used
to make phone calls to the victims and give them the Punjab National Bank
account number to extort money. Karimnagar Cyber Wing Police found that
Sarveshwar Mahanti was arrested by the Delhi Police and cases were registered
against him there as well. Sadanshu Shekhar Mahanti was found to be taking
shelter in various places to avoid being found by the police and committing cyber-crimes.
24 cases against the accused
24 cases have been registered against Sadanshu Shekhar
Mahanti, who committed cyber frauds by giving the Punjab National Bank account
number. Police have confirmed that cases have been registered in three
districts of Telangana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,
Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka and Maharashtra in various police stations. Cyber
Security Bureau Director Shika Goyal congratulated the Karimnagar Cyber
Police team for successfully arresting the accused.
Two arrested for the money offered by criminals
Some customers from Jagtial district are giving all their
credentials for the money offered by cyber criminals. On the basis of this, the
criminals are opening bank accounts online. They are depositing the money they
have stolen in it. They are immediately diverting it to other accounts. Recent
incidents prove that this racket has been going on in large scale for the past
16 months with Jagtial district as its headquarters.
Some money was deposited in the bank accounts of Mittapalli
Ramesh of Datnoor village of Gollapalli mandal of Jagtiyal district and Alle
Satyam of Jagtiyal from a prominent bank account in Uttar Pradesh. This money
was transferred to the bank account of another person from Pune without the
knowledge of the customers by cyber criminals. The Uttar Pradesh police, who
took up the investigation, arrested two bank customers and shifted them to UP.
Some people who gave their details, bank passbooks and phone numbers after
learning about this matter are worried.
The role of two people from Velgatur
Two people from Velgatur mandal of Jagtiyal district are
staying in a rented house in the local Beat Jajar. They lured some people in
the town with the hope of money. After talking to the employees of the head
offices in Mumbai, online bank accounts are being opened in the names of those
who provided credentials in two private banks that do transactions locally.
The mobile number of the person who provides the credentials
is being linked at the time of opening the account. The next day, they change
the phone number and link another mobile number. As a result, the ATM card and
password are also in their hands. Due to this, transactions of at least Rs. 2 crores
to Rs. 3 crores are being made from each account per month without the
knowledge of the account holder. Customers who deposit some money in their
account from time to time are approaching bankers after not receiving a message
on their phone number. Customers are worried about cyber frauds.
Cyber Security SHO Narasimha Reddy advised people to be
vigilant about cyber criminals. They should be careful about phone calls coming
in the name of Customs and TRAI. They were asked not to respond to phone calls
coming from strangers, not to download application files and not to click on
them.
On the other hand, the Economic Offences Wing officials have
not stopped cracking down on those involved in encroachments in the Karimnagar
Police Commissionerate. Those who sketched to encroach on lands in the wrong
directions are being arrested and sent behind bars. A case has been registered
against four people who created fake certificates and encroached on land in
Karimnagar and three have been arrested. Another person is absconding and they
are looking for him.
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