XII Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate G. Anusha also imposed a fine on Anasuya Vemuri, a resident of Nallakunta. Cybercrimes DCP Dara Kavitha said Vemuri was arrested in January 2009.
Hyderabad:A local court sentenced a 35-year-old woman to one year of simple imprisonment for criminal breach of trust, unauthorised access and data theft. XII Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate G. Anusha also imposed a fine on Anasuya Vemuri, a resident of Nallakunta. Cybercrimes DCP Dara Kavitha said Vemuri was arrested in January 2009.
The case was registered after a complaint by K. Balakrishna, head of MS SIS InfoTech Pvt. Ltd., who alleged that Vemuri, a former chief manager at the firm from March 1994 to October 2005, had unlawfully retained access to sensitive data of the company even after her resignation.
“Anasuya accessed the company’s computers and extracted internal information, including intellectual property, trade secrets digital content and other confidential data,” said DCP Kavitha. The complainant stated that during her tenure, Anasuya had unrestricted access to the company’s main servers and databases, which contained valuable assets developed over several years at considerable expense. Following the court's judgment, Anasuya was taken into custody and shifted to Chanchalguda Central Prison.
Cops arrest fraudster for Rs 2.44 crore investment fraud
Hyderabad:A special team from Hyderabad cybercrime station arrested , Gurjot Singh, a 26-year-old driver, from Pune for duping a city-based man of `2.44 crore in an investment fraud. Singh was involved in 16 cases across India, including two in Telangana, said cybercrimes DCP Dara Kavitha.
A special team was formed after a 56-year-old victim from the city lodged a complaint stating that the fraudster had referred him to two apps for investing money for high profits, said Kavitha.
Initially, the victim invested small amounts of money in different bank accounts provided in the app for which they showed some profit every day. The fraudster told the victim that he would receive the profit amount into his wallet, which he could withdraw to his personal bank account after deduction of six per cent tax, the DCP said.
The fraudster trapped the victim, making him believe in his story and got him to deposit `2,43,95,000. After collecting the amount, the fraudster blocked the victim from the withdrawal process, the DCP said.
Cops arrest Pune-based cyber fraudsters
Hyderabad:The Hyderabad cyber crime unit on Thursday arrested two interstate cyber fraudsters, who were involved in 27 investment frauds across the country, including one in Telangana. The cyber crime police took up the case for investigation after fraudsters cheated a person from Hyderabad of `17.39 lakh in an investment fraud.
The accused are Reynold Vincent Cyril, a 26-year-old software engineer, and Manish Dinesh Sonawane, a 27-year-old freelancer — both natives of Pune in Maharashtra. One of the fraudsters, who contacted a 40-year-old victim from Hyderabad, introduced himself as Keerthi Raghuram, a software developer and investor based in Dubai, said city cybercrimes unit DCP D. Kavitha.
He convinced the victim to invest in stocks through certain websites, which he promised would give 70 per cent profits, Kavitha said. After the victim deposited a significant amount, his account showed a profit of `71,281 but the withdrawal option was disabled. When they demanded additional payments for taxation and conversion fees, he realised that he had been scammed and lost `17,39,000, Kavitha said.
The fraudsters used to display huge returns in their app initially allowing withdrawals to a certain extent to build trust and proposing investments with promises of substantial profits by showing virtual profits to lure victims into investing more after the victim infested larger they used to block withdrawals.
Senior citizen loses Rs 1 lakh in courier fraud
Hyderabad:Fraudsters duped a senior citizen of `1,18, 999 posing as representatives of a courier company. A 70-year-old retired employee from Hyderabad, who was expecting a courier, wanted to change his delivery address and contacted a phone number that he found on a search engine. Believing the phone number to be true, he called it.
Shortly, the victim received a phone call from someone claiming to be from the courier services asked the victim to pay `1 online to process the request.
When the victim informed the caller that he did not have access to online payment apps, the fraudster sent an ‘apk’ application and instructed him to open the link, cybercrimes ACP R.G. Siva Maruthi said.
After the victim opened the link, and sent a copy of his Aadhaar card copy as requested, the victim's phone switched off twice unexpectedly. When he switched the phone, he got a message from his bank stating that `40.71 had been deposited into his account, showing an available balance of `507.60. When he enquired with the bank, he found that two unauthorised transactions totalling `1,18,999 were made from his account, the ACP said.
Police arrest interstate SIM card fraudsters
Hyderabad:Shaik Munawar Basha, allegedly involved in 14 cybercrime cases in Telangana and AP, has been arrested by the Banjara Hills police and zonal cyber cell team on Thursday. Basha, a native of Tadepalligudem in Andhra Pradesh, was found to be misusing SIM cards registered with fake addresses and utilising demo SIMs allocated to him, said Banjara Hills station house officer (SHO) K.M. Raghavendra.
Basha worked as a SIM promoter and field sales executive (FSE) and along with his associates muled SIM cards to perpetrate cyber frauds, particularly targeting users of an online marketplace, Raghavendra said.
They used to copy the content of branded products and repost it as their own. When potential buyers responded, Basha would direct both the buyer and the actual seller to a common location, SHO said. Once both the parties reach the location, the accused would show the pictures of the mobile phone. Promising to deliver the phones after receiving payment, they would collect the money and switch off their phones.
