A resident of Kanpur landed in hot water after being caught in a police net after he hacked the email address of another person and changed the account details in order to get funds transferred into his account.
The accused identified as 27- year-old Ravi Shukla was arrested by the Cyber Crime Wing of Punjab State Crime Branch, Mohali. He has been booked under various sections of the Information Technology Act, cheating, fraud and forgery on the complaint of Raman Banotra, a resident of Amritsar.
The accused works in a Cyber Café in Kanpur. He was working on online web promotion activity. Earlier too, Shukla had hacked websites and e-mails of business establishments.
The e-mail ID contained various useful and significant data about the company. After hacking the e-mail ID, the accused also changed the profile and managed to get payment in his own bank account. A team of Cyber Crime officials investigated the matter.
Allegations against the accused were proved on the basis of analysis of e-mail particulars and the same were authenticated by Internet Protocol details. Investigations revealed that the motive behind the act was cheating, fraud and monetary gain.
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