Online fraud: Two held in Mumbai

KOCHI: City police have unravelled the modus operandi of the international racket behind the online bank account hacking case. The racket used bank accounts of other people to pump in funds after offering a percentage as commission to the account holders.
A Kochi police team, which went to Mumbai, arrested two people who were part of the racket that hacked the online account of a doctor on March 30 and siphoned off Rs 11.14 lakh.The team arrested Thane resident Rohit Rabindra Bose, 19, and Asheez Ashok Salve, 23, from Virar East. While Rohit is an IT hardware technician, Asheez is an executive with a drug manufacturing firm. The two were arrested by a police team led by Kadavanthra sub-inspector Anil George with the help of Mumbai city police. The team has identified three more people, including a woman in Mumbai, who used their accounts to transfer this money. siphoned off from the doctor's account.
Central circle inspector D S Suneesh Babu said the arrest helped them identify a part of the racket, which has a wide network across Asia and Africa.
"Racket members get in touch with people to open an account in new generation private banks. Later these accounts are used to pump in money from various sources. The account holder is given a percentage of the cash after he withdraws the amount and hands it over to the racket agentsof the racket," he said. the circle inspector.
Sub-inspector Anil George said Rohit had an account with a private bank in Mumbai and had given his account details to the racket that transferred Rs 25,000 from the doctor's account. Rohit withdrew the cash from an ATM and was given Rs 2, 000 as commission. for completing the deal.
"More people are involved. The police team will again visit Mumbai to complete the probe," George said.
Suneesh Babu said a police team will go to Kolkata to seek custody of a Nigerian identified as Felix Ivdubuisi Egedigavealias David, 32, who is currently lodged in jail. "We will question him as he is said to be organizing the racket activities from jail," he said. the officer.
The cops had already held two people from Hyderabad in connection with the case. On March 30, 2012 the online bank account of Dr Shabeer Khan was hacked by this racket.
Police arrested Hamid alias Mirza Jaffar Baig from Nampally and Sheik Rahan Ali from Chanjun Guda in Hyderabad. Police are on the lookout for Hyderabad natives Muhammed Ali and Atha-ur-Rahman.
With the investigation into the hacking of online bank account of a city-based doctor reaching new levels, the Kochi City Police have managed to track the modus operandi of an international racket that make use of bank accounts of other people to pump in funds after offering a percentage as commission to the account holders.
A team of Kochi police, which went to Mumbai in connection with the probe into online fraud, arrested two persons from Mumbai who were part of the racket that hacked into the online account of the doctor on March 30 and siphoned off Rs 11.14 lakhs.
The arrested were Rohit Rabindra Bose, 19, of Prem Nagar, Jeevadhani, Thane and Asheez Ashok Salve,23, of Vishar East, Mumbai. While Rohit is an IT hardware technician, Asheez is an executive with a drug manufacturing firm.
The two were arrested from Mumbai by a police team led by Kadavanthra Sub Inspector Anil George with the help of Mumbai city police. The police team has identified three more persons including a woman in Mumbai who have used their accounts to transfer the money siphoned off from the doctor's account.
Central Circle Inspector D S Suneesh Babu said that the arrest just helped them to identify a tip of the racket which had a wide network spread across the entire continent of Asia and Africa. "The racket members get in touch with the people to open an account in new generation private banks. Later these accounts are used to pump in money from various sources. The account holder is given a percentage of the money remitted as commission once he or she withdraws the amount and hands it over to the agents of the racket," the Circle Inspector said.
According to Sub Inspector Anil George, Rohit had an account with a private bank in Mumbai and had given the account details to the racket which transferred Rs 25,000 from the doctor's account. Rohit withdrew the money from an ATM and he was given Rs 2000 as commission for completing the deal.
"As per the probe, more people are involved in the racket. The police team will again go to Mumbai to complete the probe," the SI said.
Suneesh Babu said that a police team will go to Kolkata to seek custody of the Nigerian identified as Felix Ivdubuisi Egedigave alias David, 32, who is currently lodged in jail. "We need to question the Nigerian as he is said to be organising the activities of the racket from jail," said the officer.
The city police have already arrested two persons from Hyderabad in connection with the case. It was on March 30, 2012 that the online bank account of Dr Shabeer Khan was hacked by the racket members
The arrested were Hamid alias Mirza Jaffar Baig,28, of House No 11-1-65/10-C, Agapura Nampally, Hyderabad and Sheik Rahan Ali, 34, of House No-17-8-527, Chanjun Guda, Hyderabad. Police are on the lookout for the other two accused identified as Muhammed Ali, 28, and Atha ur Rahman, 32, of Hyderabad.