BANGALORE: The cyber crime police have arrested two persons, including a Nigerian, for allegedly hacking some bank accounts in the city.
According to a press note, Anil Jain filed a compliant in January that some persons had hacked his HDFC account and transferred Rs. 43,000 to an account held in the name of Sanjay Gupta in New Delhi.
During the investigation, the cyber crime police found that some persons were arrested by New Delhi police for hacking bank accounts.
A team of cyber crime police went to New Delhi and arrested Felix Awatefe, a Nigerian, who had been released on bail.
Then they arrested Nurul Huda Khan, a call centre employee, who was in judicial custody.
With the permission of the local courts, the cyber crime team took Awatefe and Khan to its custody and brought them to Bangalore.
During interrogation, the accused admitted to sending phishing mails to bank customers for getting customer IDs and passwords. Using the IDs and passwords, Khan allegedly transferred money to accounts opened in fictitious names in New Delhi.
This money was being withdrawn and sent to another Nigerian Ibiminia Joshua, Awatefe and others. This money was being sent to Nigerian bank accounts through Western Union money transfer.
The Cyber Crime police are searching for Joshua and others allegedly involved in the racket.
It has asked bank customers to be cautious and not respond to phishing mails.
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