Mail hacked, friend conned of lakhs, Gurgaon man goes to police; 1 held

GURGAON: Cyber crime police arrested a man from Visakhapatnam and brought him to city on transit remand on Thursday for allegedly cheating a resident of Rs 87 lakh on the pretext of investment.
The complainant — a resident of Sector 43— alleged that an unidentified person hacked his email account and sent a fraudulent mail to one of his colleagues, also a resident of Gurgaon, asking him to transfer Rs 87 lakh to a certain account number for investment purpose. After transferring the amount, when his colleague checked with the complainant, the latter got to know that it was a cyber fraud. The complaint was filed at the cyber crime (east) police station on March 27 .
The accused has been identified as Manohar Appam, a resident of Visakhapatnam. The SIM card and mobile phone used in the crime were seized from his possession and his bank account has been frozen.
Based on the complaint, an FIR on Tuesday under Section 420 (cheating and dishonesty) of the IPC and under relevant sections of the IT Act. Acting swiftly, a police team was formed who tracked the fraudster’s location in Visakhapatnam. A team was sent there and he was arrested on Wednesday.
“The accused along with his accomplices hacked the email ID of the complainant and sent a mail to his colleague asking him to transfer Rs 87.1 lakh. He has been brought to the city and will be produced in court and subsequently the allegations will be probed,” said ACP (cyber crime) Priyanshu Dewan.