Online cheat wanted for 6 years arrested

A regular review of their old cases led the Cyber Crime police to an accused wanted in a case of cheating via online banking for the last six years.

The Cyber Crime police recently arrested one Imran Sopariwala Alias Ifran Shaikh for allegedly duping a senior citizen to tune of Rs3.12 lakh in 2009. According to the police, Shaikh along with one more accomplice, got hold of the online login ID and password of the complainant's account, which was opened in the name of his company. They then logged into the account had siphoned off the money to 10 different accounts.

"The accused was arrested and a chargesheet was already filed in the case. A few days ago, we were reviewing old cases and made an attempt to track the accused," said deputy commissioner of police (Cyber Crime) M Rajkumar.