Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has busted an inter-state gang emptying bank accounts by sending APK files in the name of RTO memo, gas bill. Three accused, including prime accused Poornanand Tiwari, have been arrested from Kolkata, who have committed fraud of lakhs.
All the three accused have studied only from 5th to 10th standard
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has achieved great success. In which interstate gangs have been exposed that empty people’s bank accounts within minutes by sending APK files in the name of RTO memo, gas bill, bank KYC. 3 accused have been arrested in this matter.
The accused who were arrested in the preliminary investigation are natives of Girdih district of Jharkhand. Among them, the main accused Poornanand alias Mukesh Tiwari (28) has been caught by the cyber crime team from the ongoing train from Kolkata to Sairang, who is known to have studied up to class 10. Apart from this, among the other accused, Vikas Das (33) has studied up to standard 5 and Sitaram Mandal (26) has studied up to standard 8.
After downloading the APK file, the main accused Poornanand used to send it to others Sagaritos Vikas Dash and Sitaram Yadav. After which they used to sell it for 12 to 13 thousand rupees through Telegram bot. Anyone who downloads such an APK file, instantly gets their mobile hacked.
So far the accused have been noticed to have given options to Telegram bots by creating APK files of different bank names besides RTO. As soon as the person entered the number to buy such a file, the option of payment for the APK file came along with it. The accused were accepting payments through the Yono Cash app. The knowledge of which Purnananda was giving to Vikas. After which Vikas used to go to SBI ATM and withdraw cash. He used to deduct his commission from this amount and send the remaining amount to Purnanand to Mumbai. While another accused Sitaram was also taking the APK file and sending it to other accused.
12 crimes have been registered against this gang in Ahmedabad itself
In fact, the accused sent a message to a person named Naresh, who lives in Hansol area of Ahmedabad, that the gas connection is off. After which he became an official of Sabarmati Gas Company and got access to his mobile by sending the APK file and downloading it in the name of updating the bill. After which from Naresh’s account Rs. 6.68 lakhs had been transferred.
The entire gang has been exposed at the end of investigation after registering a complaint in cybercrime in this matter. 12 separate cases have been registered against these accused, in which they have committed fraud of lakhs of rupees.
