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A few cybercriminals managed to trick an 88-year-old retired Indian Railways employee from Hyderabad and stole Rs 20.6 lakh from his account. These online criminals are based in Bihar.
The victim was on a visit to the United States of America when the fraudsters managed to trick him into sharing his bank account details.
The victim, NS Moorthy, lodged a complaint on the National Cybercrime portal and with the Hyderabad Cybercrime police. According to Moorthy’s daughter N Geetha, Moorthy, a retired senior Deputy Chief Engineer of the Indian Railways, was in California when he received an SMS on his mobile phone, informing him that his State Bank of India account was blocked.
The Hyderabad Police booked a case and took up the investigation, with a preliminary inquiry revealing that phishing gangs operating from Bihar were involved in the fraud.
However, the exact location of the fraudsters and identity are yet to be known, with the police saying the pandemic has hampered progress in the case as special teams need to be sent to the suspected location and with the help of local police, searches have to be done.
