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‘Goondas Act’ slapped on arrested cyber criminal for committing massive online fraud and forgery, said to be the first ever instance in cybercrime history of the city

SimpliCity News Team · 09 Mar 2023

Coimbatore: The City Cyber Crime police have arrested Vignesh under the Goondas Act for allegedly committing online fraud after forging his friends' mobile numbers and credit card numbers.

According to the Police, Vinod Kumar, Stanley Jones and Anandakumar in the city are employees of a private company. They have lodged a police complaint at the City Cyber Crime Police saying that the debit and credit card numbers were stolen by miscreants and used to buy luxurious items.

Based on this, the Cyber Crime police registered a case under sections 465, 468, 471, 419, 420 IPC 66C 66D IT Act and arrested Vignesh (31) after tracking the accused with the help of modern technology.

Several startling revelations came to light during the interrogation conducted by the City Cyber Crime Police about him.

According to police, Vignesh runs a travel company in Coimbatore. He used to check the phone, and credit and debit cards of his friends from time to time. Based on that, he would capture photos of his friends' credit cards, debit cards and smart cards on a mobile camera

He would take the mobile numbers of his friends and port their phone numbers without their knowledge and get a new SIM card to facilitate his fraudulent online transactions.

He used the cards and the phone numbers to generate OTP for his online purchases using stolen debit and credit card numbers from his friends.

Using this stolen data, he has purchased home appliances, a fridge, and a washing machine online and also purchased gold biscuits.

Vignesh has given his contact number for the delivery of goods even though he has a friend's mobile phone for the OTP cash transaction. The police have traced it and arrested Vignesh.

The police have seized mobile phones, electronic devices, many SIM cards, vehicle licenses, 3 cars, and an empty electronic chipset from the arrested cyber-criminal Vignesh.

The City police commissioner Balakrishnan recommended that Goondas Act be invoked against the cybercriminal, which is said to be the first-ever case in the cybercrime history of the city.

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‘Goondas Act’ slapped on arrested cyber criminal for committing massive online fraud and forgery, said to be the first ever instance in cybercrime history of the city

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