Rajkot police have detained an individual in Rajkot for his alleged
involvement in a cyber crime and attempt to dupe a Mumbai based
diamond exporter to the tune of Rs20 lakh, police said.
Rajkot police have detained an individual in Rajkot for his alleged
involvement in a cyber crime and attempt to dupe a Mumbai based
diamond exporter to the tune of Rs20 lakh, police said.
According to the cops, Mumbai based HK Designs, a diamond exporting company, was expecting payment of half a million US dollars. The first tranche of the payment was around $38,000 (approximately Rs. 20 lakh) and was supposed to be credited in its account a few days back. When it did not receive the payment, it inquired with the US party which said that the money was transferred in the account on March 20. "HK Designs contacted State Bank of India, its banker, and found that the money was deposited in an account in SBI's Rajkot branch. The company registered a complaint with the bank and Cyber Crime Cell of Mumbai police," says GH Jhala, police inspector of Pradumnanagar police station.
He added that Mumbai police and the bank officials contacted Rajkot police and the bank and discovered that the money was transferred to an account held by Prof Mangaldas Somnath Patel who had withdrawn Rs3 lakh in cash and transferred another Rs1.50 lakh to the account of one Ms Ruby in Mizoram.
"After inquiry it was found that someone had hacked the email ID of HK Designs and sent an email to the US based firm stating that the money was to be transferred to the account held by Mangaldas and not to the account in Mumbai," Jhala said.
Mangaldas Patel is working as professor in a college in Rajkot. According to his statement to the police, his daughter had asked him to provide the bank account and other details. "The offender maintains that his daughter Priyanka, who lives in Mumbai, is in the export business. She has business relations with various parties in the US and Africa. Priyanka had told her father about this money transfer and also about some $20,000 expected from Australia. Patel maintains that he does not know anything in this regard," Jhala adds.
Police investigations so far reveal that the money was transferred on the basis of the hacked email ID, the bank account number of HK Designs that was changed to Mangaldas Patel's account number and money that was actually received by Patel. "We have seized Rs3 lakh in cash from his residence. We have
informed the Mizoram bank branch to seize the account of Ms. Ruby.
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