Jharkhand detains the principal of the school for online fraud

A 31-year-old headmaster of a school in Jharkhand's Deoghar district has been arrested by the Matunga police for his alleged involvement in cyber fraud cases.

Police said that apart from allegedly being involved in cyber crimes, the director also conducted online cyber fraud training and fraudulently obtained bank account details and SIM cards in exchange for commission.

According to the police, the director, identified as Manjit Kumar Arya, was arrested from his residence in Bilasi town after his name surfaced during the interrogation of three persons earlier arrested in a cyber fraud case.

Police said a case of cheating was registered by a woman, Vasant Chedda, in December last week. She claimed that a message was sent to her mobile number on December 25 that her bank account was blocked due to non-submission of KYC and she was asked to click on a link. “After she clicked on the link and entered her bank account details, Rs 1.09 lakh was deducted,” said a police officer.

During the investigation, the Matunga police tracked down three persons from Delhi and Jharkhand and came to know about Arya during interrogation. The three arrested men allegedly learned how to commit cyber fraud from Arya.
Last week, the Matunga police laid a trap at his home in Jharkhand and arrested him. He was transferred to Mumbai on remand.

"His modus operandi was to send messages to people claiming that their bank accounts had been blocked along with a link prepared by a computer programmer," the police officer said. "He would even provide bank account and Sim details to people he trained," the officer said.

The police also seized mobile phones, SIM cards, laptop, check book and debit cards. "The mobile phones contain confidential information of 7,00,650 bank customers of HDFC Bank and SBI Bank and we have found that the accused sent a link to 3,600 people through SMS from this phone," said a police officer.