MUMBAI: In a rarity, the Mumbai Police arrested a cyber fraudster within two hours of registering the FIR. The complainant, who is into metal business, had spoken to a ‘bank employee’ about some problem in his online transaction. Later, he shared his bank account details and OTP to the bank employee to solve the problem but ended up losing Rs 9.5 lakh from his account.
The FIR was registered at the V P Road police station on Tuesday and within two hours police arrested Dattaram Solanki (43), a Khar resident. Following this development, police arrested three more persons; a bank employee Vijay Ghadge (29), and two real estate agents, Nilofar Saifi (36) and Naresh Pawar (42). All accused are in police custody.
Investigators said that the complainant, Hitesh Chaudhary, has his account in a private bank and he knew the same bank’s employee, Ghadge. He called up Ghadge seeking help since he was facing problems in online transactions. “Ghadge told him that he had quit the bank. He claimed that he would give the number of another person from this bank who could help Chaudhary,” said PSI Ravindra Lambhate. Ghadge provided the number one person, Sanket. Later, Sanket called up Chaudhary and sought information about the problem. He took details of Chaudhary’s account in December.
On Tuesday, Sanket called up Chaudhary and said that he had sorted out the problem and instructed Chaudhary to share an OTP that he would get on his mobile phone. Soon, Chaudhary received an OTP and shared it with Sanket. “He was shocked to receive a message that Rs 9.5 lakh was transferred from his account. He immediately approached the police and lodged an FIR,” said police.
Investigators went to Chaudhary’s bank, collecting information of the account where the money was transferred. Soon, police reached Solanki’s residence and nabbed him. “He had already withdrawn the Rs 6.5 lakh from his account,” said an officer. Solanki admitted sharing his account details with other accused. Others were arrested too.
Ghadge knew other accused and had sought help for an account to transfer money. “Ghadge played the role of bank employee ‘Sanket’ too. Solanki got Rs three lakh, Saifi kept Rs one lakh as commission and forwarded the rest amount to Pawar and Ghadge, who was working at another bank at the time of FIR. A team supervised by DCP Dr Saurabh Tripathi, led by senior inspector Kishor Shinde and officers Sanjay Sagwekar, Kailash Bele, Avinash Shinde and Amit Bhosale is investigating the case.
The FIR was registered at the V P Road police station on Tuesday and within two hours police arrested Dattaram Solanki (43), a Khar resident. Following this development, police arrested three more persons; a bank employee Vijay Ghadge (29), and two real estate agents, Nilofar Saifi (36) and Naresh Pawar (42). All accused are in police custody.
Investigators said that the complainant, Hitesh Chaudhary, has his account in a private bank and he knew the same bank’s employee, Ghadge. He called up Ghadge seeking help since he was facing problems in online transactions. “Ghadge told him that he had quit the bank. He claimed that he would give the number of another person from this bank who could help Chaudhary,” said PSI Ravindra Lambhate. Ghadge provided the number one person, Sanket. Later, Sanket called up Chaudhary and sought information about the problem. He took details of Chaudhary’s account in December.
On Tuesday, Sanket called up Chaudhary and said that he had sorted out the problem and instructed Chaudhary to share an OTP that he would get on his mobile phone. Soon, Chaudhary received an OTP and shared it with Sanket. “He was shocked to receive a message that Rs 9.5 lakh was transferred from his account. He immediately approached the police and lodged an FIR,” said police.
Investigators went to Chaudhary’s bank, collecting information of the account where the money was transferred. Soon, police reached Solanki’s residence and nabbed him. “He had already withdrawn the Rs 6.5 lakh from his account,” said an officer. Solanki admitted sharing his account details with other accused. Others were arrested too.
Ghadge knew other accused and had sought help for an account to transfer money. “Ghadge played the role of bank employee ‘Sanket’ too. Solanki got Rs three lakh, Saifi kept Rs one lakh as commission and forwarded the rest amount to Pawar and Ghadge, who was working at another bank at the time of FIR. A team supervised by DCP Dr Saurabh Tripathi, led by senior inspector Kishor Shinde and officers Sanjay Sagwekar, Kailash Bele, Avinash Shinde and Amit Bhosale is investigating the case.
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