Huge scam unearthed as Haryana’s Mewat youths hack Mobikwik mobile app.
Huge scam unearthed as Haryana’s Mewat youths hack Mobikwik mobile app.
6 youths nabbed so far; Mobikwik suffers loss of nearly Rs 40.25 crores
Delhi Crown Bureau
Gurugram: The Gurugram Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested 6 youths from the Mewat region of Haryana for allegedly hacking the Mobikwik’s mobile application and indulging in a scam worth nearly Rs 40.25 crores last week.
According to the Gurugram Police, the scam is much bigger and the amount could go up manifolds, even as investigation is still on.
As a preliminary step, as many as 2,500 saving bank accounts of the beneficiaries who pocketed money through the scam, have been seized.
Those arrested include Rehan of village Rewasan (Rozka Meo), Mohammad Sakeel of village Utawad (Palwal), Waseem Akram of village Maroda (Nageena), and Waqar Yunus, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Ansar, all three of village Kameda (Firozepur Jhirka). All the accused were produced before a Guruugram court on Monday, and subsequently sent to judicial custody.
The arrests were made over the past few days after the Mobikwik company management lodged a formal FIR under Sections 318(4) and 314 of the BNS, at Gurugram’s Sector-53 police station.
According to the FIR, some shopkeepers, merchants and businessmen illegally, and intentionally, received money sans any transactions. “As per the investigation carried out so far, a fraud of amounts totaling over Rs 40 crores and 22 lakhs has been identified. Further investigation is on, and it is feared that this amount might go up,” said a spokesman of Gurugram Police.
Speaking to www.thedelhicrown.com , Aasif Khan, a youth from Mewat, said, “This scam was carried out throughout a night, sometime last week. I too received calls from my known ones that people were getting windfall gains into their bank accounts as per their wish. I could not believe it, and smelled a scam. Hence, I stayed away from it. Many people benefitted from the scam. Next morning I gathered that many bank accounts were seized, and a manhunt launched to nab those behind it.”
