| Posted on: 2012-02-10/04:09:36 | India - Fraud & Cyber Crime News | Others/ |
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Cyber criminals are on the prowl, targeting Pune citizens. A scientist of the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) was among four in the city who registered police complaints after being cheated by cyber fraudsters. In the case of the scientist, Digambar Vitthal Gokhale, a resident of NCL colony, Rs 2.48 lakh was transferred from his State Bank of India account, to some other bank account in Varanasi, through internet banking, without his knowledge. Gokhale lodged complaint against one Vishwatma Dube of Varanasi in the case at Chaturshringi police station. Police said Gokhale is a scientist at NCL and the crime had taken place when he had gone to South Korea on December 1, 2011. Police said Gokhale found that the money was transferred from his bank account without his knowledge. He initially approached the bank to get details of transactions. But as the problem was not sorted out, he lodged the police complaint. Inspector S B Nawle is investigating the case. Police are looking into how cyber frauds got Gokhale’s account information. A 26-year-old, Sahil Satishkumar Sharma of Hairganga housing society, Alandi Road has lodged a police complaint against an unidentified person who allegedly got his secret bank account information and used it to transfer Rs 56,569 without his knowledge through e-banking. An offence was registered at Yerwada police station. Police said the incident had taken place on August 13, 2011. Police have booked the suspect under section 420 of the IPC and other sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act. Inspector S S Shinde is probing the case. Cyber criminals are on the prowl, targeting Pune citizens. A scientist of the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) was among four in the city who registered police complaints after being cheated by cyber fraudsters. In the case of the scientist, Digambar Vitthal Gokhale, a resident of NCL colony, Rs 2.48 lakh was transferred from his State Bank of India account, to some other bank account in Varanasi, through internet banking, without his knowledge. Gokhale lodged complaint against one Vishwatma Dube of Varanasi in the case at Chaturshringi police station. Police said Gokhale is a scientist at NCL and the crime had taken place when he had gone to South Korea on December 1, 2011. Police said Gokhale found that the money was transferred from his bank account without his knowledge. He initially approached the bank to get details of transactions. But as the problem was not sorted out, he lodged the police complaint. Inspector S B Nawle is investigating the case. Police are looking into how cyber frauds got Gokhale’s account information. A 26-year-old, Sahil Satishkumar Sharma of Hairganga housing society, Alandi Road has lodged a police complaint against an unidentified person who allegedly got his secret bank account information and used it to transfer Rs 56,569 without his knowledge through e-banking. An offence was registered at Yerwada police station. Police said the incident had taken place on August 13, 2011. Police have booked the suspect under section 420 of the IPC and other sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act. Inspector S S Shinde is probing the case. Similarly, an unidentified cyber fraudster allegedly hacked the email of Minesh Amar Tolani (30) of Baner and transferred about Rs 15 lakh from his account without his his knowledge through e-banking. Tolani has lodged a complaint at Chaturshringi police station. Police said the transfer was on December 18 and 19, 2011. The cyber crime cell of Pune police is investigating. Frauds also targeted Deepak Sakhahari Hiwle, 42, of Tingre Nagar. He was allegedly asked to deposit Rs 1,98,125 in a bank account in return for a high salaried job abroad. Hiwle lodged the complaint at Vishrantwadi police station. Police have booked three suspects, Mike Collin, Daina Lee and P Sarvan under section 406 of IPC and 66 ( c) of IT Act. Police said that frauds contacted Hiwle through email and continued communication with him between June 28 and July 7, 2011.They promised a job in foreign country. So Hiwle deposit money into the bank account told by the suspects, but never got any job. Inspector P B Gofne is investigating the case. |
| Source: I E | Location : Delhi |
