Ghaziabad: The cyber cell of Ghaziabad police on Sunday arrested two people from ALT cut in Kavi Nagar area for allegedly duping banks of over Rs 8 crore by posing as owners and managers of private companies.
The accused were identified as Arun Kumar Foji alias Ravi, a resident of Ghaziabad, and his associate Tarun Sharma, a resident of Delhi. Arun was the mastermind of the gang whose other members are absconding.
The fraud came to light a few days ago when Arun, posing as the owner of a company, sent an email to a private bank in Varanasi requesting to transfer Rs 8.5 lakh in his account. The bank manager got suspicious and contacted the owner of the company who denied sending any such mail. Following which, the bank manager contacted the cops, and a case was registered under relevant sections of IT Act. During investigation, the Varanasi police saw the IP address of Ghaziabad and the case was referred to Ghaziabad cyber cell.