On July 18, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered at the Cyber Crime police station of Pune city by the 53-year-old working as a general manager at the Pune unit of an automobile sector major
The Pune City Police’s Cyber Crime unit on Tuesday said it has arrested the founder of a Gurgaon-based financial services company in connection with a cyber fraud in which a top manager of an automobile company in Pune was cheated to the tune of Rs 12 lakh after being “offered a job in Canada” by the accused.
On July 18, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered at the Cyber Crime police station of Pune city by the 53-year-old working as a general manager at the Pune unit of an automobile sector major. The FIR stated that over a few months starting June last year, he was duped of Rs 11.95 lakh by cyber criminals who posed as executives of a career consultancy company in Kolkata.
In the first week of June last year, the “executives” said there was an opening at the Canada unit of a global automobile major. The complainant showed interest in the job and took further the communication with the “executives”.
Over the next few months, Rs 11.95 lakh were sought from him through various false pretexts like consultancy and registration, documents verification, interview process, training for project management, visa processing, employment permit formalities of Canada government etc
Not only were multiple fake skype interviews conducted, the victim was also sent a fake appointment letter. Later, he was told that an orientation meeting had been set up at the Pune unit of the global automobile major. When he checked at the Pune unit, he came to know that no such meeting had been set up and that there was no such recruitment process that had taken place.
After suspecting that he was being cheated, he started calling all the people who had called him and also emailed all the persons who had written to him. The phones were switched off and there was no response from emails. He then approached the cyber crime police station and an FIR was registered after a preliminary inquiry.
‘Canada job offer’: Pune police arrest founder of Gurgaon-based financial services firm for cyber fraud
On July 18, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered at the Cyber Crime police station of Pune city by the 53-year-old working as a general manager at the Pune unit of an automobile
The FIR stated that over a few months starting June last year, he was duped of Rs 11.95 lakh by cyber criminals who posed as executives of a career consultancy company in Kolkata. In the first week of June last year, the “executives” said there was an opening at the Canada unit of a global automobile major. (Representational/File)The Pune City Police’s Cyber Crime unit on Tuesday said it has arrested the founder of a Gurgaon-based financial services company in connection with a cyber fraud in which a top manager of an automobile company in Pune was cheated to the tune of Rs 12 lakh after being “offered a job in Canada” by the accused.
On July 18, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered at the Cyber Crime police station of Pune city by the 53-year-old working as a general manager at the Pune unit of an automobile sector major. The FIR stated that over a few months starting June last year, he was duped of Rs 11.95 lakh by cyber criminals who posed as executives of a career consultancy company in Kolkata.
In the first week of June last year, the “executives” said there was an opening at the Canada unit of a global automobile major. The complainant showed interest in the job and took further the communication with the “executives”.
Over the next few months, Rs 11.95 lakh were sought from him through various false pretexts like consultancy and registration, documents verification, interview process, training for project management, visa processing, employment permit formalities of Canada government etc.
Not only were multiple fake skype interviews conducted, the victim was also sent a fake appointment letter. Later, he was told that an orientation meeting had been set up at the Pune unit of the global automobile major. When he checked at the Pune unit, he came to know that no such meeting had been set up and that there was no such recruitment process that had taken place.
After suspecting that he was being cheated, he started calling all the people who had called him and also emailed all the persons who had written to him. The phones were switched off and there was no response from emails. He then approached the cyber crime police station and an FIR was registered after a preliminary inquiry.
The cyber crime sleuths launched a probe into the contacts and banking details used by the cyber criminals. Senior inspector Minal Supe Patil, in-charge of the Cyber Crime police station, who also investigated the case, said, “During the probe we found that a specific payment gateway operated by a Gurgaon-based financial services company was used to take money from the complainant. After the probe confirmed the involvement of 29-year-old Jayant Malik, the founder of this company, he was placed under arrest by our team from Gurgaon on August 24 and has been remanded to police custody.” Officials said that the details of the arrest were shared with the media after completing the probe about his involvement.
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‘Canada job offer’: Pune police arrest founder of Gurgaon-based financial services firm for cyber fraud
On July 18, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered at the Cyber Crime police station of Pune city by the 53-year-old working as a general manager at the Pune unit of an automobile sector major
The FIR stated that over a few months starting June last year, he was duped of Rs 11.95 lakh by cyber criminals who posed as executives of a career consultancy company in Kolkata. In the first week of June last year, the “executives” said there was an opening at the Canada unit of a global automobile major. (Representational/File)The Pune City Police’s Cyber Crime unit on Tuesday said it has arrested the founder of a Gurgaon-based financial services company in connection with a cyber fraud in which a top manager of an automobile company in Pune was cheated to the tune of Rs 12 lakh after being “offered a job in Canada” by the accused.
On July 18, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered at the Cyber Crime police station of Pune city by the 53-year-old working as a general manager at the Pune unit of an automobile sector major. The FIR stated that over a few months starting June last year, he was duped of Rs 11.95 lakh by cyber criminals who posed as executives of a career consultancy company in Kolkata.
In the first week of June last year, the “executives” said there was an opening at the Canada unit of a global automobile major. The complainant showed interest in the job and took further the communication with the “executives”.
Over the next few months, Rs 11.95 lakh were sought from him through various false pretexts like consultancy and registration, documents verification, interview process, training for project management, visa processing, employment permit formalities of Canada government etc.
Not only were multiple fake skype interviews conducted, the victim was also sent a fake appointment letter. Later, he was told that an orientation meeting had been set up at the Pune unit of the global automobile major. When he checked at the Pune unit, he came to know that no such meeting had been set up and that there was no such recruitment process that had taken place.
After suspecting that he was being cheated, he started calling all the people who had called him and also emailed all the persons who had written to him. The phones were switched off and there was no response from emails. He then approached the cyber crime police station and an FIR was registered after a preliminary inquiry.
The cyber crime sleuths launched a probe into the contacts and banking details used by the cyber criminals. Senior inspector Minal Supe Patil, in-charge of the Cyber Crime police station, who also investigated the case, said, “During the probe we found that a specific payment gateway operated by a Gurgaon-based financial services company was used to take money from the complainant. After the probe confirmed the involvement of 29-year-old Jayant Malik, the founder of this company, he was placed under arrest by our team from Gurgaon on August 24 and has been remanded to police custody.” Officials said that the details of the arrest were shared with the media after completing the probe about his involvement.
Senior inspector Supe Patil said, “We have also recovered the siphoned amount from the arrested suspect along with a laptop and three cellphones. Probe is on to arrest more suspects involved in the crime, who prima facie seem to be a part of an organised gang. Our team is investigating the possible involvement in other such cases in Pune and elsewhere. We are also making an appeal to people to approach us if they have been cheated in a similar manner.”
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