Malappuram (Kerala): Two Nigerians have been arrested from New Delhi for hacking the server of Manjeri Co-operative Bank in Malappuram Kerala and stealing Rs 70 lakhs through online fraud. The arrested were identified as Immaculate Chinnus and Inna Cosmos. A team led by Cyber Crime Police SHO MJ Arun stayed in Delhi for 15 days and conducted investigations to arrest the accused.
A fraud was conducted by hacking mobile banking server. By changing the mobile numbers given by the customers in their accounts, they organized fake SIM cards and set the OTP to those numbers and increased the daily transaction limit of the customers who did not have mobile banking, and swindled about 70 lakh rupees from the accounts of four customers.
After noticing the fraud, bank manager Abdul Naser registered a case at the Malappuram Cyber Crime Police Station and an investigation was started on the basis of the complaint lodged by the bank manager with the district police chief. Malappuram DySP Abdul Basheer formed a special investigation team with Cybercrime Police Station SHO and District Anti-Narcotic Special Action Force (DANSAF).
