PIA senior officer arrested for threatening higher-ups
Officer sent emails accusing the acting chairman and managing director of corruption.
The emails accused the acting chairman and and managing director of corruption. PHOTO: FILE.
KARACHI:
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) Senior Ticketing Officer Tariq Mehmood Khan for allegedly engaging in cyber-crime, Express News reported on Thursday.
The acting chairman of PIA and the managing director were receiving threatening emails from an official PIA email address, which Khan had access to.
The emails accused them of corruption and of filling positions in the company based on personal relationship over merit.
FIA’s cyber-crime division investigated the case and took Mehmood into custody, they also seized his laptop.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) Senior Ticketing Officer Tariq Mehmood Khan for allegedly engaging in cyber-crime, Express News reported on Thursday.
The acting chairman of PIA and the managing director were receiving threatening emails from an official PIA email address, which Khan had access to.
The emails accused them of corruption and of filling positions in the company based on personal relationship over merit.
FIA’s cyber-crime division investigated the case and took Mehmood into custody, they also seized his laptop.