Gurugram: Former employee of Udyog Vihar firm booked for ₹6.5 lakh fraud

The accused allegedly carried out unauthorised transactions worth ₹6.5 lakh using the company’s cards and other accounts while he was still working with the company.

Gurugram Police on Wednesday booked a former employee of a private company in Udyog Vihar for allegedly accessing confidential information of the company and using it to misappropriate funds.

According to the FIR, the accused was involved in hacking a company’s account in which 8,250 Singapore dollars were withdrawn from the account. (Reuters File)

According to a complaint submitted by the human resources manager of the company, the accused carried out unauthorised transactions worth ₹6.5 lakh using the company’s cards and other accounts, when he was working with the company.

Police said a cousin of the accused was also involved in the fraud.

In the FIR registered on Wednesday, the complainant said that the accused allegedly used a laptop issued by the company to fraudulently access passwords and accounts of the company’s promoters and senior executives.

A case has been registered against the accused under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) of Indian Penal Code and Section 66 D of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 at cyber crime police station, police said. The accused are yet to be apprehended.

According to the FIR, the accused was involved in hacking a company’s account in which 8,250 Singapore dollars were withdrawn from the account.

Police said the accused accessed Singapore Paypal account of the company and other media buying accounts.

“He had noted down passwords of certain accounts from a company-issued laptop. He also accessed paid applications used in the company to obtain log-in credentials, including emails, bank accounts and credit cards belonging to the company, its promoters and its employees,” said the investigating officer, requesting anonymity.

Police said the fraud was reported when a co-founder of the company received a text alert from the bank where she holds an account for updating phone number in their records.

The investigating officer said when the co-founder contacted the fraud protection helpline number, saying that such request was not initiated, it was found that the phone number belonged to a cousin of the accused.

“After the fraud came to light, the company discussed the facts with the accused over Skype chats and later reported the matter to the police,” the officer said.