3 held for cheating by posing as govt. officials
The Hindu
They hacked victim’s WhatsApp accounts by pretending to facilitate COVID doses
Three persons have been arrested for cheating the public by posing as government officials facilitating COVID-19 booster doses, and then hacking their WhatsApp accounts, the police said on Monday.
DCP (Cyber Cell) K.P.S. Malhotra said the accused have been identified as Manish Kumar, Rohit Singh and Kaushlendra Singh Tomar.
The police said a complaint was received that someone’s WhatsApp account was hacked and messages were sent to the person’s friends and relatives asking for money. The police said the brother of the complainant deposited ₹50,000 in the fraudster’s account through UPI. It was revealed that 20 similar complaints were lodged on the cybercrime portal. The modus operandi of the crime was same in all the cases.
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