Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 1: Cyber Police Jammu unearthed Olx fraud with the arrest of one accused.
As per police sources, on January 20 this year,, a complainant namely Devinder Sharma reported at Cyber Police Station Jammu that he was duped by unknown fraudsters on the pretext of selling an old refrigerator, for which complainant had advertised on Olx, an online platform for selling and purchasing items. Fraudsters convinced the complainant to scan QR code send through mobile to receive money to buy the refrigerator but eventually they managed to fraudulently debit Rs 1 lakh from the SBI account of Devinder Sharma in 5 different transactions.
Acting over the complaint, a case under FIR Number 5/2021 under relevant Sections of law was registered at Cyber Police Station, Jammu.
Cyber Police Jammu under the supervision of DySP Wasim Hamdani instantly swung into action and accordingly investigation was started. During course of investigation suspicious transactions were scrutinized in which a Paytm account was surfaced where in the defrauded amount of Rs 1 lakh was credited. The matter was immediately taken up with Nodal Officer Paytm for details of the account holder and further flow of the amount in question. Reply from Paytm revealed that the same amount was further diverted to three Airtel Payment Bank accounts. Subsequently, further details about the account holders was sought from Airtel Payment Bank and their reply revealed the involvement of four accounts of fraudsters including Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank, Airtel Bank and Canara Bank.
During the further course of investigation, investigating officer succeeded in locating one of involved in the case in Hauz Khas, South Delhi and accordingly a team on the directions of SP Cyber Crime Naresh Singh immediately rushed to Delhi and arrested the accused namely Mohammad Umar, son of Mohammad Siddique of Sadiq Nagar, South Delhi involved in the case.
During sustained questioning, he confessed his involvement along with other accused operating from other States.
Further investigation of the case is going on.
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