New Delhi, Nov 24: The Delhi Police has arrested 12 individuals allegedly concerned in over 1,000 instances of on-line dishonest by creating faux web sites and tricking their victims to obtain malware of their telephones, an official stated on Wednesday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Cell) KPS Malhotra stated six of the accused, all natives of Jamtara in Jharkhand, had been arrested from Bengaluru in September this yr, following which six others had been arrested from numerous different locations together with West Bengal.
Police stated utilizing malware, the accused used to steal data from the telephones of the victims and obtained their banking particulars to get their cash transferred fraudulently. They stated faux web sites had been created by the accused who then promoted these by way of SEO. Police stated the matter got here to gentle after a person complained to police that he had been duped of Rs 27.10 lakh.