Two cyber fraudsters were detained last week on Friday in Gujarat for allegedly being involved in a scheme that defrauded college students of lakhs of dollars by persuading them to like YouTube videos. Authorities investigated their bank records and discovered transactions of 60 crore in the previous three months.
Rupesh Thakkar, 33, and Pankaj Od, 34, both natives of Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district, were detained. They were traced as part of the investigation into a case filed by a 19-year-old student who was conned of $2.5 lakh in October of this year after taking up a part-time job that required liking YouTube videos.
The then-unknown offenders were charged under Indian Penal Code sections 419 (cheating by personation), 420 (cheating and dishonesty), 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), and 471 (using forged papers as genuine).
“We determined where the accused were stationed through a technical investigation that involved tracing the accounts to which the complainant had made the payments. We arrested them early this week with the help of Gujarat police,” said a M
[…]
Content was cut in order to protect the source.Please visit the source for the rest of the article.
[…]
Content was cut in order to protect the source.Please visit the source for the rest of the article.
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
Read the original article: