Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, January 9-
Amidst the ongoing crackdown against cybercrime as per directions of DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav, Punjab Police’s State Cybercrime Division has unearthed an MSP payment fraud with the arrest of four individuals involved in
manipulating the Anaaj Kharid Portal to divert crop payments from farmers to their own bank accounts, said
ADGP Cybercrime Division V Neeraja here on Thursday.
Those arrested have been identified as Manish, Jasvir Singh, Angrej Singh and Balwinder Singh. Police teams have
also recovered digital devices and routers used by them to commit the fraud. ADGP said that the accused used a innovative modus operandi to divert the payment of crop of the farmers to their accounts fraudulently by replacing the mobile numbers of the farmers with their mobile numbers and thereafter using the same to update bank account information of the farmers.
To avoid detection, the accused would restore the original details immediately after the payment was processed, she said, while adding that state wide operation is being conducted to nab the other accused persons involved in the scam.