The Surat City Cyber Crime Cell arrested a 43-year-old man accused of helping an alleged cyber fraud network convert money, stolen through a malicious APK file into cash, The investigators traced the suspected operation to an absconding accused linked to Jamtara-linked gang.
A team headed by Police Inspector V.D. Mandora carried out technical investigation to trace those involved. The accused, identified as Din Mohammad Sheikh, was arrested from Surat in connection with a case in which a complainant was allegedly cheated of Rs 6,31,414.68 after an APK file was sent to and installed on the victim’s mobile phone. An FIR was registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station under Sections 318(4), 336(2), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, along with Section 66(D) of the Information Technology Act, 2008. Police said Rs 2,28,226.68 of the complainant’s money was used through the two credit cards.
Police said the malware allowed the accused to access sensitive information and carry out about eight transactions from the complainant’s bank account without his knowledge. Sheikh, a 43-year-old “unemployed” resident of Bhestan in Surat and originally from Jowla village in Budhana tehsil of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, had provided his Axis Bank and Canara Bank credit cards for settling bills linked to the fraudulent funds, according to police.
The complainant subsequently contacted the Cyber Crime Helpline on 1930, following which the Surat Cyber Crime Cell took up the investigation.
