Uttar Pradesh Police last week arrested a gang of cyber criminals from Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad, for allegedly cheating several people posing as the officials of CBI, RBI, Income Tax and other government agencies through a mobile application and were living a lavish life in the national capital with luxury cars and bouncers at their disposal. The Prayagraj police said cyber thugs, Sandeep Kumar Sen (23) and Mohd Sahil (19)—experts in data breach and phishing—used leaked data from mobile applications and social networking sites as a tool to rob people of their hard-earned money. A case under sections 319 (2), 318 (4), 308 (2), 336 (3), 111 (1) (2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections 66 and 67 of the IT Act was registered against them with the cyber police station.
The case came to light when one of the victims, whom the duo duped of cash worth ₹ 68 lakh on different pretexts, approached the cyber police station and lodged an FIR. During interrogation the duo confessed their alleged involvement in several cyber frauds amounting to ₹ 1.5 crore under the pretext of investments in cryptocurrency and digital arrests.
They revealed their modus operandi, stating how they used to target people using their personal information. Modus Operandi The duo admitted that they have been purchasing bank customers’ details, including mobile numbers, bank account details, and databases, from insurance agencies, WhatsApp, and other banking sites to target people. .