Teen spends Rs 2.3 lakh from grandpa’s account on PUBG

NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old boy addicted to mobile video game Player Unknown’s Battleground bought skins for his character and climbed levels by spending Rs 2.3 lakh from his grandfather’s bank account. However, his game account was soon hacked due to which he could not use the upgrades despite reaching the ace level. The game was recently banned by the Centre.
When his grandfather started inquiring about the money, the teenager cooked up a story about the bank account being hacked. A complaint was lodged with the cyber cell. The teen’s grandfather had retired from BSNL and had recently transferred his pension fund in his bank account.
A probe revealed that the money had been transferred to a Paytm account using the debit card. Police quizzed the family members since only they knew the PIN of the card in the elderly man’s possession.
The boy soon admitted that he had used the money to buy “UC” or points required to buy weapons, skins and rise up levels in the game. He had transferred the money to a Paytm account and deleted the text messages containing the OTP and confirmation of the transfer from his grandfather’s phone.
Later, when the teen realised that he would get caught, he cooked up the story about the bank account getting hacked. He panicked when his PUBG account got hacked and his access was revoked. Police have counselled the boy and informed his parents about the incident.