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Time of India
2 days ago
- Time of India
Three mule a/c holders held in 3cr matrimonial scam
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad cybercrime police have arrested three mule bank account holders from New Delhi following an investigation into a complaint of a 45-year-old manager of a private firm in Pimpri Chinchwad, who lost Rs3.16 crore in a matrimonial scam between June 2023 and Sept 2024. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The scam started when the woman, victim in the scam, came into contact with a 'US-based NRI' via a matrimonial website in May 2023. The man told her that he was running a business in Alaska and promised to marry her. They started talking and video-calling. Later, the man started requesting the woman to help him financially and told her that he was suffering losses in business. The woman started transferring money to him. He used to give different reasons including money for regularizing bank account in Dubai, medical treatment, repaying loans, and air-ticket expenditure from Dubai to New Delhi and New Delhi to Venezuela, the police said. At one point, he also asked money from the victim by claiming that he was detained at Istanbul airport in Turkey, police said, adding that the woman kept providing money and eventually transferred Rs3.16 crore between June 2023 and Sept 2024. When she came to realize that she was cheated, the woman suffered depression. It is only after her relative convicsed her to file a complaint in March 2025, she approached the police. Senior inspector Ravikiran Nale of the Pimpri Chinchwad cybercrime police said that two teams, led by assistant inspector Pravin Swami and sub-inspector Sagar Poman, were deployed to investigate. "The teams found that Rs 3.16 crore were transferred to 81 bank accounts and from these accounts, the money went into 400 accounts. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Most of these accounts belonged to different banks in New Delhi," he said. The police investigations also revealed that 11 bank accounts were opened two years ago using a single rent agreement. "Sub-inspector Poman and his team reached New Delhi to trace people who opened these 11 accounts. The team found that the account holders had changed their cellphone numbers. With technical investigation, sub-inspector Poman took Sikandar Khan (21) into custody from Jonapur in Delhi. Khan then revealed names of two more suspects, Ranjit Yadav (27) and his brother Bablu Yadav (25), both from Jonapur. Ranjit Yadav had accepted Rs 36.96 lakh into his account," he said. The arrested people used to contact their handler using a mobile messenger application to avoid tracing. "We have ascertained the identity of their handler and our search is underway to find other suspects in the case," said Nale.
Time of India
30-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Hacker seeks $80k to release data of biopharma company in Pune
Representative Image PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad police's cyber cell is investigating a complaint that said a cybercrook demanded $80,000 (over Rs68 lakh) from a biopharmaceutical company in Hinjewadi in exchange for releasing the data he had hacked and encrypted. You Can Also Check: Pune AQI | Weather in Pune | Bank Holidays in Pune | Public Holidays in Pune A senior employee approached police on Monday after the company received a threatening email on April 27. A case under section 308 ( extortion ) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), sections 43 (penalty and compensation for damage to computer, computer system), 66 (computer-related offences), and 72 (penalty for breach of confidentiality and privacy) of the Information and Technology Act has been registered. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like If you have a mouse, play this game for 1 minute Navy Quest Undo Police sub-inspector Sagar Poman told TOI that it is a case of ransomware attack . "Prima facie investigations revealed that a cybercrook sent a malicious email to one of the employees and later gained access to a server. There are 15 servers in the company. The hacker got access to all of them." The hacker then started copying the data, Poman said. "By the time the employees realised what was happening, the hacker had copied the entire data, encrypted it, and put a password on it." Poman said the hacker sent emails to company officials seeking $80,000 within three days. "He also threatened that if the company tried to decrypt the data, they would lose it within 24 hours. The cybercrook also said that if the money was not transferred to him, he would sell the data on the dark web." For the last two days, the company's operations have stopped, the police officer said. "We will record statements of about 300 employees." Rohan Nyayadish, director of Digital Task Force, too called it a case of ransomware attack in which data of a company is either stolen or compromised due to un-updated firewalls or online security measures. "Firms must follow security audit norms issued by Central govt on April 1 and they should spend money on insuring their data and research." The cyber criminals steal data or programmes of a company after targeting its servers, Nyayadish further said. "Cyber criminals generally demand ransoms via cryptocurrencies. Companies should not pay it and report the matter to the police; experts can retrieve the data." Advocate and cybercrime expert Gaurav Jachak said ransomware is not just a cyberattack - it is digital extortion, and strong cybersecurity is the only shield. "Such crimes are punishable under the IT Act and the BNS. It is important for victims to quickly report to the cyber police and keep all digital proof safe. People must also know that paying ransom is not the solution - it only encourages criminals. Companies should regularly back up their important data in a mirror image format on multiple devices to stay safe from such attacks."
Time of India
29-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Hacker seeks $80,000 to release data of Hinjewadi-based biopharma company in Pune
1 2 3 Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad police's cyber cell is investigating a complaint that said a cybercrook demanded $80,000 (over Rs68 lakh) from a biopharmaceutical company in Hinjewadi in exchange for releasing the data he had hacked and encrypted. A senior employee approached police on Monday after the company received a threatening email on April 27. A case under section 308 ( extortion ) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), sections 43 (penalty and compensation for damage to computer, computer system), 66 (computer-related offences), and 72 (penalty for breach of confidentiality and privacy) of the Information and Technology Act has been registered. You Can Also Check: Pune AQI | Weather in Pune | Bank Holidays in Pune | Public Holidays in Pune Police sub-inspector Sagar Poman told TOI that it is a case of ransomware attack . "Prima facie investigations revealed that a cybercrook sent a malicious email to one of the employees and later gained access to a server. There are 15 servers in the company. The hacker got access to all of them." The hacker then started copying the data, Poman said. "By the time the employees realised what was happening, the hacker had copied the entire data, encrypted it, and put a password on it." Poman said the hacker sent emails to company officials seeking $80,000 within three days. "He also threatened that if the company tried to decrypt the data, they would lose it within 24 hours. The cybercrook also said that if the money was not transferred to him, he would sell the data on the dark web." For the last two days, the company's operations have stopped, the police officer said. "We will record statements of about 300 employees." Rohan Nyayadish, director of Digital Task Force, too called it a case of ransomware attack in which data of a company is either stolen or compromised due to un-updated firewalls or online security measures. "Firms must follow security audit norms issued by Central govt on April 1 and they should spend money on insuring their data and research." The cyber criminals steal data or programmes of a company after targeting its servers, Nyayadish further said. "Cyber criminals generally demand ransoms via cryptocurrencies. Companies should not pay it and report the matter to the police; experts can retrieve the data." Advocate and cybercrime expert Gaurav Jachak said ransomware is not just a cyberattack — it is digital extortion, and strong cybersecurity is the only shield. "Such crimes are punishable under the IT Act and the BNS. It is important for victims to quickly report to the cyber police and keep all digital proof safe. People must also know that paying ransom is not the solution — it only encourages criminals. Companies should regularly back up their important data in a mirror image format on multiple devices to stay safe from such attacks."
