Udupi resident loses ₹1.59 lakh from bank account

A 38-year-old resident of Badagubettu village in Udupi has filed a complaint accusing a fraudster of illegally withdrawing a total of ₹1.59 lakh from his savings bank account.

In a complaint to Udupi Town police, the victim reported that he visited the Bank of Baroda in Badagubettu on January 12 to open a Fixed Deposit account. Upon checking his savings account statement, he discovered ₹1.59 lakh had been withdrawn online between January 8 and 10. The police registered his complaint under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 66(D) of the Information Technology Act.

Uptick in cybercrime

A Karkala resident lost over ₹85,000 to a fraudster who acted as a bank official.

As per the complaint, the victim reported a monthly deduction of ₹74 and ₹80 from two of his Bank of Baroda accounts. After searching online, he called a number listed that he assumed to be the bank’s customer care number on January 7, where he was asked for the number attached to his online banking app. After sharing it, ₹49,999 and ₹36,000 were deducted from his accounts. Karkala Town police registered a complaint under Section 318(4) of BNS and Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act.

A fraudster also hacked into the mobile phone of a resident from Kundapur in Udupi district to purchase two mobile phones costing over ₹40,000.

In a complaint to the Udupi cybercrime police, the victim reported that a fraudster hacked his mobile phone to buy two phones using the victim’s online shopping account. The fraudster also used the Instant Credit feature of the victim’s HDFC account to create a loan of ₹40,156 with an EMI of ₹13,000 for three months. The phones were delivered to Awesh Choudhary at a school in West Bengal.

The police registered this complaint under Section 318(4) of BNS and Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act.