Cyber crime Gwalior nabbed a miscreant involved in hacking Google account and defrauding money of victim’s Youtube Channel; police have recovered `16860 from miscreant.
According to the police the victim Rahul Agrawal lodged a complaint on February 2 regarding fraud with his bank account linked with Google account connected with Youtube Channel. In his complaint the victim stated that the miscreant has hacked and received money in his bank account.
During the investigation police found that the miscreant hacked Google account and changed the password of the Youtube Channel and changed bank account details in which the payment used to be transferred by Google.
The miscreant was identified as Vijay Kumar Gupta of Delhi and is pursuing Bachelors in Commerce and is first year student.
Police have also recovered Rs 16860 which was scheduled to be paid to the victim but as the payment details were changed the money was transferred in miscreant’s updated bank account.
The accused used to hack Youtube channel through phishing.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation police registered a case under section 66 IT Act and 420 of the IPC and started investigation. later in the investigation the miscreant was nabbed on March 23 from Delhi.
The fraud is done by changing the bank account details which would receive payment made by Google for Youtube Channel. Police suspects that the miscreant had targeted several victims and would be investigated.