Nagpur/New Delhi: In a major action, Delhi police nabbed three persons from Nagpur for allegedly hacking into the server of payment gateway companies and siphoning off Rs 10 lakh into their accounts, according to media reports on Sunday.
The accused have been identified as Saurabh Subhash Karnewar (24), Sagar Raju Kondalkar (24) and Kaushal Baburao Chaudhary (24), all residents of Beltarodi police area in Nagpur.
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The reports said that the Delhi police received a complaint from the Director of a payment gateway company, Paytel Pvt. Ltd, at the Cyber South Police Station wherein it was mentioned that the company works as a banking correspondent for a private bank and engages in settling transactions through Razorpay. “It was alleged that someone had entered their server after hacking it and changed the login ID and password of the retailer,” the reports said.
According to the reports, fraudulent transactions worth R10 lakh were made to multiple accounts, causing financial loss to the company. An FIR under relevant sections was lodged and the police zeroed in on the account holder where all transactions were going. The man identified as Nikhil Pise disclosed that his friend Saurabh had asked for his card and account details, the police said.
During investigation, it was found that a Virtual Private Network (VPN) was used in hacking the servers and making transactions. The transaction details belonged to four bank accounts in Nagpur, police said.
Thereafter, a raid was conducted by Delhi police in Beltarodi area in Nagpur with the assistance of local police and three accused persons, Saurabh, Sagar and Kaushal were arrested.
The accused Kaushal disclosed that the money from fraudulent transactions was transferred into his bank account, reports said. It was revealed that his friends Karnewar and Raju were in touch with one Ayush and a foreign national who were hacking into servers of payment gateways and they provided them fake SIM cards and debit cards, police said.
