Cyber crime has arrested 2 accused involved in cheating Rs 1.32 lakh by duping a tea seller by porting the linked mobile number on their name and transfering money through e-wallet.
The accused identified as Pankaj Soni and Bhupendra Rai were acquainted with the victim and used to visit his house. The accused had earlier taken out the SIM of the mobile number linked in the bank from the mobile of the complainant.
By porting the SIM of the mobile number linked in the complainant's account in their name they commited fraud by starting PhonePe on it. The complainant lived alone with his wife and was ignorant of technical knowledge.
On December 26, 2022, a written complaint that he has a savings account in punjab national bank raisen road bhopal and QR code of Paytm at his tea stall is linked to Punjab National Bank account and fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 1,32,520 was made.
The users of the bank account and mobile number used in the fraud were tracked in the investigation.
During the investigation police found that the accused knows the complainant from the past and used to visit the complainant's house in the past. At the same time accused Pankaj took out the SIM of the mobile number linked in the bank account of the complainant from the mobile of the complainant and after some time got the said SIM ported in his own name. After getting the SIM ported, accused Pankaj switched on phonepe on the same SIM, transferred money to co-accused Bhupendra Rai's bank account and withdrew some cash from Bhupendra Rai's account and transferred some money to his own bank account and withdrew cash from him.
Police have recovered 1 bank passbook, one ATM card, a mobile phone, 2 SIM cards and Rs 33250 in cash have been seized in the incident.
Pankaj Soni fraudulently withdrew money from the account by turning on PhonePe on the mobile number of the complainant while Bhupendra Rai provided an account to Pankaj for fraudulently withdrawing money from the victim's account.