Gang involved in digital heist busted

Three members of the gang who stole money by hacking people's bank account access codes were arrested.

LAHORE:

The FIA Cybercrime Cell arrested three members of gang who stole money by hacking people's bank account codes and recovered several ATM cards, mobile phone SIMs and fake checques from them.

A team led by FIA Deputy Director Rab Nawaz arrested three members of the gang identified as Amir Shehzad, Saghir Nemat and Noman Masih, who stole money by hacking people's bank account access codes. The action was taken over a complaint received from the SBP.

The FIA team carried out several raids and seized several fake ATM cards and other documents from the members of the group. The bank account codes were hacked by the gang in Lahore as well as several other districts of the province.

The suspects used to call the account holders and send them new PIN codes that were then used to hack their accounts and withdraw millions of rupees.

They had employed a network of people to withdraw money from the accounts of the victims.

The FIA official said in reply to a question that interrogation of the arrested suspects was under way. He said then investigators expected more revelations during the inquiry, including the identification of the gang’s operatives in other cities.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 29^th, 2021.