Summary:
Earlier, HDFC Bank had filed a complaint with the cyber crime unit alleging that there were many unauthorized internet banking attempts in one NRI bank account.
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Delhi police, cyber crime branch has busted a gang of fraudsters allegedly involved in hacking and attempting to withdraw money from the account of a NRI customer of HDFC Bank. The accused had also procured an Indian mobile phone number identical to the US`s mobile number of the NRI account holder registered in the KYC.
The accused have been identified as R Jaiswal (31) from Ghaziabad, G Sharma (30) A Kumar (35) from Noida, A Tomar (26) from Hapur, H Yadav (30), SL Singh (41), S Tanwar (34) from Gurgaon, NK Jatav (33) from Jhansi, S Singh (40) from Baghpat, D Chaurasiya (27 yrs) from Rai Bareilly and HDFC employee), A Singh (29) from Gonda (HDFC employee) and a woman whose name has been withheld. Earlier, HDFC Bank had filed a complaint with the cyber crime unit alleging that there were many unauthorized internet banking attempts in one NRI bank account.
Further, there were attempts to withdraw cash from the same account using the fraudulently obtained cheque book.
Attempts were also made to register an updated mobile phone number in the KYC of the same bank account by replacing the already registered US mobile phone number with a similar Indian mobile number.
HDFC Bank further alleged that a total of 66 attempts were made to access the internet banking of the account. To probe the matter, a team was constituted under the supervision of ACP (cyber crime) Raman Lamba. The team was tasked to identify the culprits on the basis of technical footprints and human intelligence.
Based on technical evidence, raids were conducted at 20 locations across Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.