Mumbai: Diamond trading firm's bank account hacked, two arrested

  • | Tuesday | 11th December, 2018

The Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) police have arrested two men from Surat for hacking a diamond trading company's bank account. On November 25, a diamond company's bank account was hacked and within 20 minutes, the hackers had transferred Rs 27 lakh in another account. The police apprehended two persons after tracing the bank account details, while the search for a third accused is underway. An amount of Rs 27 lakh was transferred in another bank account in a series of transactions following the hacking. Kalpana Gadekar, a senior police inspector of BKC police station, said, "We made the labourer call Ram Singh and Javed to collect money from his bank account.

The Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) police have arrested two men from Surat for hacking a diamond trading company's bank account. An amount of Rs 27 lakh was transferred in another bank account in a series of transactions following the hacking. The police apprehended two persons after tracing the bank account details, while the search for a third accused is underway. On November 25, a diamond company's bank account was hacked and within 20 minutes, the hackers had transferred Rs 27 lakh in another account. The owners of the diamond company immediately approached the BKC police station, who registered a case. The account, which was used in the crime had fake documents, making it difficult for the police to trace the culprits. Further investigation revealed that after making the transactions from a Mumbai-based account, gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 9 lakh was purchased from a Kandivali-based jeweller. The jeweller was paid through an online transaction from the same account. Police said they were keeping a close eye on the account. On December 1, an amount of Rs 12 lakh was transferred to a Dhule-based account. When police found the owner of the account, it was revealed the man was a labourer and had given his account details to two men for a few days in return of Rs 21,000. The accused were identified as Ram Singh Komal Singh Mahesh and Javed Mohammad Sharif, residents of Surat. Police then laid a trap for the accused using the labourer as bait. Kalpana Gadekar, a senior police inspector of BKC police station, said, "We made the labourer call Ram Singh and Javed to collect money from his bank account. The accused fell for the bait and came to receive their money where they were apprehended by the police. We recovered a total of 10 mobile phones, a few cheque books and various bank ATM cards from the accused duo." Cyber Crime Probe revealed that after making transactions from a Mumbai-based account, gold and silver worth Rs 9 lakh was purchased from a Kandivali-based jeweller

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