BHUBANESWAR: The special task force (STF) of state Crime Branch on Saturday arrested a native of Gujarat from his workplace in Pune for his alleged links with Pakistani intelligence operatives since 2018, in connection with an OTP-sharing scam.
This is the sixth arrest in OTP scam involving Pakistani connection. A week ago, the STF had traced Crypto transaction in two of the arrested scamsters.
The person arrested on Saturday was identified as Abhijeet Sanjay Jambure. After his arrest in Pune, he was brought in transit remand after a local court granted the permission. A non-bailable warrant was pending against him.
“This is in fact an organised spying racket in which more people are involved and arrest will increase as our investigation is still on. The Pakistani operatives are clandestinely and smartly operating leaving to footprint of financial transactions. They are using various people for various purposes and giving monetary benefits. It looks like it is just a tip of the iceberg,” said IGP (STF) Jai Narayan Pankaj.
STF investigation revealed that Abhijeet met one Danish alias Syed Danish Ali Naqvi of Khanki, Faislabad, Pakistan on a social media platform. Danish had identified himself as a freelancer at “Chegg” (an American education technology company). “Abhijeet was asked to share his user Id and password of “Chegg” with Danish. Since Danish was operating Abhijeet’s account, all earning through problem solving was credited to Abhijeet. Danish then lured Abhijeet into the work saying that he wanted him for a specific purpose in lieu of the earning,” said Pankaj.
STF officials discovered that Danish introduced Abhijeet to a friend called Khurram alias Abdul Hamid of Karachi, Pakistan. Khurram is believed to be a senior Pakistan army intelligence officer having his secret network of agents in India. Abhijeet is known to have talked to at least seven Pakistani citizens and 10 Nigerian nationals.
Earlier, the STF found the arrested duo – Pritam Kar of Jajpur and Saroj Nayak of Nayagarh – having indulged in Crypto transactions in OTP-sharing scam in order to keep the financial activities secret. STF probe revealed that Pritam had signed up with a leading Crypto exchange using an e-mail ID.
Two bank accounts and one UPI ID of him was linked with the Crypto exchange. On analysis of the Crypto trade history of the particular ID, it came to the fore that in two years, the volume of trade in that account was more than Rs 1 crore, the STF said.
This is the sixth arrest in OTP scam involving Pakistani connection. A week ago, the STF had traced Crypto transaction in two of the arrested scamsters.
The person arrested on Saturday was identified as Abhijeet Sanjay Jambure. After his arrest in Pune, he was brought in transit remand after a local court granted the permission. A non-bailable warrant was pending against him.
“This is in fact an organised spying racket in which more people are involved and arrest will increase as our investigation is still on. The Pakistani operatives are clandestinely and smartly operating leaving to footprint of financial transactions. They are using various people for various purposes and giving monetary benefits. It looks like it is just a tip of the iceberg,” said IGP (STF) Jai Narayan Pankaj.
STF investigation revealed that Abhijeet met one Danish alias Syed Danish Ali Naqvi of Khanki, Faislabad, Pakistan on a social media platform. Danish had identified himself as a freelancer at “Chegg” (an American education technology company). “Abhijeet was asked to share his user Id and password of “Chegg” with Danish. Since Danish was operating Abhijeet’s account, all earning through problem solving was credited to Abhijeet. Danish then lured Abhijeet into the work saying that he wanted him for a specific purpose in lieu of the earning,” said Pankaj.
STF officials discovered that Danish introduced Abhijeet to a friend called Khurram alias Abdul Hamid of Karachi, Pakistan. Khurram is believed to be a senior Pakistan army intelligence officer having his secret network of agents in India. Abhijeet is known to have talked to at least seven Pakistani citizens and 10 Nigerian nationals.
Earlier, the STF found the arrested duo – Pritam Kar of Jajpur and Saroj Nayak of Nayagarh – having indulged in Crypto transactions in OTP-sharing scam in order to keep the financial activities secret. STF probe revealed that Pritam had signed up with a leading Crypto exchange using an e-mail ID.
Two bank accounts and one UPI ID of him was linked with the Crypto exchange. On analysis of the Crypto trade history of the particular ID, it came to the fore that in two years, the volume of trade in that account was more than Rs 1 crore, the STF said.
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