Monday, August 24, 2015

Two persons arrested for...............

Two persons arrested for assisting the inter-state fraudsters indulging in hacking of  internet banking details after cloning the mobile phone number mentioned in the bank accounts of customers for SMS alerts and transferring the amount fraudulently  into the accounts at  Kolkatta City  deceiving the ignorant customers, and siphoning  their money by providing accounts by Cyber Crime Police, CCS, DD, Hyderabad at Kolkata, West Bengal and brought  to Hyderabad on Transit warrant.

 In the last week of May-2015, the Union Roadways, Secunderabad lodged a complaint stating that some unknown persons hacked their internet banking and transferred an amount of Rs.10,75,000/- from their Vijaya Bank, S.D.Road, Secunderabad. A case  in Cr.No. 195/2015  was registered and investigated.

 During the course of investigation obtained the KYC and account statements of  beneficiary accounts  of ICICI bank, Kolkatta, W.B. wherein Rs.8,75,000/- were transferred and another 2,00,000/- transferred to  ICICI bank, Gorakhpur, U.P.

 Basing  on the  above clues,  a police team proceeded to Kolkatta and  apprehended 1. Debashish Chaterjee S/O Late Santu Chaterjee age 35 yrs, Prop. of Mamatha Mayee Centre, Kolkatta R/O New Alipore, Kolkatta (Beneficiary account holder) and 2. Joydeep Datta S/O Late Dulal Dutta age 32 yrs R/O Behala, Kolkatta, who confessed that  one Joginder Sharma @ Jogi Raj of Kolkatta collects  current accounts details  including cheque books and debit cards of  various persons in Kolkatta  by providing 3% commission to the account holder and  10 % commission to mediator Joydeep Dutta. After collecting the accounts particularly  current accounts, Joginder Sharma @ Jogi Raj  hacks the net banking of customers and replaces the original SIM  given by the customers  for SMSs alerts in the bank with  duplicate  SIMs, makes fraudulent transactions and  transfer the amount to the  accounts of Kolkatta which are being operated by him. On further investigation it is revealed that accounts are being sold in Kolkatta just for a commission of 3%.  The personal diary recovered from  Joydeep Dutta revealed  the details of (43) accounts which are in the name of various persons of Kolkatta.

 Police seized (16) cheque books, (14) debit cards and (2)  rubber stamps belonging to  various  account holders  of  Kolkatta from the possession of both the accused persons.   Their kingpin Joginder Sharma @ Jogi Raj of Kolkatta  is absconding.

 Jt. Commissioner of Police,

Detective Department, CCS,

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