08 October,2023 12:44 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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Maharashtra crime: A group of persons allegedly hacked into a payment gateway service provider company's account and siphoned off funds worth over Rs 16,180 crore from different bank accounts over a period of time, the Thane police said, reported the PTI on Sunday.
According to the news agency, The fraud was allegedly taking place since long and came to light following a complaint lodged with Srinagar police station in Maharashtra's Thane city of hacking of the payment gateway account of the company here in April 2023 and Rs 25 crore being siphoned off, an official from Naupada police station said.
When the police conducted a probe into it, a mega fraud worth over Rs 16,180 crore came to light, the official said quoting the FIR, as per the PTI.
Following a complaint by a Thane crime branch official, the Naupada police here on Friday registered the FIR against three people and an unidentified person under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (cheating), 409 (criminal breach of trust), 467, 468 (forgery), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (common intention) and provisions of the Information Technology Act, according to the PTI.
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No arrest has been made so far, the police said.
As per the FIR, one of the suspects earlier worked for 8 to 10 years with banks as relationship and sales manager.
The police suspect there may be many players in this mega racket, which has been going on since long, and may have pan India ramifications affecting several companies and individuals, the official said.
The crime is suspected to be spread over thousands of bank accounts and the money transferred into several other accounts, as per the FIR.
The police probe team has recovered several forged documents from the accused, it said.
An investigation was underway into the case, the police added.
Meanwhile, in an another incident of cyber crime earlier this week, a 44-year-old housewife from Navi Mumbai city in Maharashtra has been duped of nearly Rs 23 lakh through a 'task' fraud, an official said on Thursday, reported the PTI.
According to the news agency, In her complaint to the Panvel police on Wednesday, the woman said she lost the money between September 17 and October 4.
The woman said she first received an offer through the Telegram app saying she would be paid well if she completed a few simple online tasks.
(with PTI inputs)
