Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, August 21-
Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of CM Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police’s Cyber Crime Division has busted an inter-state gang involved in Cyber Financial frauds with the arrest of three Cybercrime criminals from different districts of the West Bengal, said ADGP Cyber Crime Division V Neeraja here on Wednesday.
Those arrested have been identified as Shovon Saha, Abishek Kumar Singh and Parveen Kumar Rai. Police teams have also recovered three mobile phones, one laptop and Rs 30,900 from their possession.
As per the information, the Punjab State Cyber Crime Division had received a complaint regarding cyber fraud of Rs 49.60 lakhs, wherein the cyber fraudster sent a WhatsApp message to the accountant of the company by using display picture of owner, who is a Mohali-based Realtor. As the latter was unavailable to verify if the message was genuine, as he was in a meeting, the employee assumed the message to be from the owner the company and transferred the money into the Bank account given by the fraudster.