Hyderabad(Aug, 29): The Cyber Crime Team of the CID has apprehended two individuals involved in a cross-state online fraud operation. The suspects were found engaging in fraudulent activities by extracting fingerprints from property registration documents and exploiting them for unauthorized online money withdrawals. These individuals, apprehended in Bangalore, Karnataka, and Kishanganj, Bihar, were arrested separately.
The arrest operation was executed under the supervision of Lavanya NJP, SP, CID, Cyber Crimes, and B. Ram Reddy, SP, CMS. The apprehended individuals include
A-5: Ranjit Sah, aged 29, Businessman (CSP Ranjit Sah), arrested on August 24, 2023, in Kishanganj, Bihar.
A-4: Safat Alam, aged 21, CSP Agent, arrested on August 14, 2023, in Bengaluru.
The investigation revealed an intricate scheme where authentic documents were used to create synthetic fingerprints, enabling the culprits to withdraw funds from innocent customers’ bank accounts using Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) details.
The commendable efforts of the team, including Ch. Suresh Babu, IoP, M. Prasad, IoP, Raja Rajeswar, IoP, P. Krishna Rao, SIP, Srinivasa Yadav, and Taher, were acknowledged and appreciated by Mahesh M Bhagwat-IPS, Addl. DGP, CID, T.S. Hyderabad. They will be duly rewarded for their exemplary work. Earlier in the investigation, accused A-1, Mr. Akmal Alam, a 26-year-old CSP Agent, had been arrested on December 22, 2022, in Kishanganj, Bihar.
