Chandigarh cyber crime police nab Ghaziabad man in Rs 99,000 fraud case

The cyber crime police have arrested a 22-year-old man from Ghaziabad in connection with an online financial fraud in which Rs 99,000 was allegedly siphoned off from a Chandigarh resident’s SBI account linked to Google Pay.

The accused, Sarvar Khan, a resident of Bhamera village in UP, was arrested from Ghaziabad under Sections 319(2), 318(4), 336(3), 338 and 61(2) of the BNS.

According to the police, the complainant’s mobile phone was compromised after an APK file got installed on it. The fraudster allegedly used the compromised device to transfer Rs 99,000 from the victim’s SBI account.

During the investigation, technical analysis and examination of the money trail allegedly showed that the fraud amount was credited to an Airtel payments bank account linked to Khan. The money was subsequently used at a petrol pump in Hapur, UP.

Acting on the technical inputs and money trail, a Chandigarh Police team conducted a raid in Ghaziabad and arrested Khan. During interrogation, Khan disclosed the involvement of two other persons in the fraud. Police are now working to identify and arrest them. Khan has been sent to judicial custody. — TNS