Cyber swindlers in police net

The cyber wing of the Mumbai police has arrested two people in two different cases in a fraud case. Both the accused used a similar modus operandi. In one case, the accused tried to fraudulently obtain money from an England-based company, while in another case, the accused duped a Uganda-based client to the tune of '7.3 lakh. The accused have been identified as Jagdish Ramlakhan Singh and Mahendra Shah. Singh was arrested on the complaint of Paresh Mehta, owner of Sharda Corporation Company. A source said, on November 2012 an unknown person hacked the company’s email ID and created a new one. The person then sent e-mails to all the clients of the company saying operations with the old bank account of the company had been stopped and gave details of a new account. Mr Mehta’s client in England informed him about the mail, after which he approached the cyber police. Singh was arrested after a police inquiry. In another case, the police arrested Shah, on the complaint of officials of Mumbai-based company, SVM Wrapping Pvt. Ltd. On February 13, an old client of the company, based in Uganda had placed a purchase order via e-mail to procure two packing machines. But on February 18, the company’s official called up the complainant and informed them about non-receipt of deliveries of the said machines despite making a payment of '7.3 lakh. The company filed a complaint with the police. Shah was then arrested on suspicion. Both Singh and Mehta were arrested under relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.