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Two persons arrested for Rs 10L travel voucher fraud
Rourkela: Cyber police arrested two employees of a local IT-enabled services company on Friday night for allegedly defrauding their German client of around Rs 10 lakh through unauthorised manipulation of travel vouchers.
They have been identified as Goutam Kumar Marndi (23) and Pitamber Hembram (24), both residents of Sector-19 here.
The accused, whose employer provided customer support services to the German firm, allegedly created unauthorised tickets using travel vouchers meant for compensating customers with cancelled bookings.
"The accused exploited their legitimate access to German company's online portal to create unauthorized tickets, which they sold at 40% discount through WhatsApp and Telegram channels," said Serofina Xess, IIC, Cyber police station, Rourkela.
Investigation revealed that Marndi and Hembram collaborated with external parties to sell these discounted tickets, causing significant financial loss to German company, which operates in over 43 countries. The fraud came to light on May 2, 2025, when the company discovered unauthorised leakage and misuse of these voucher codes.
Police found multiple WhatsApp accounts linked to the fraud on the accused's mobile phones.
