Three people were recently arrested by the Central Region Cyber Cell for hacking the server of a private money transfer company and embezzling Rs 2.01 crore from its bank account in a year.

The three accused have been identified as Rohit Rathore, Rafiq Payak and Shamshad Khan. Police said Rathore, a Dahisar resident and a B.Com graduate, is the mastermind of the crime. Rathore did about 3,000 transactions in a year to embezzle the money from the private company he was employed at and transferred it sometimes to his account and other times to the accounts of his co-accused. He also gave commissions to Payak and Khan after transferring money to their accounts, said police.