"Former president of All India Carpet Manufacturer Association Ravi Patodia has lodged case against unidentified persons in this regard," Deputy Superintendent of Police Shrikant Prajapati said.
Patodia said that some persons hacked the email account of his export firm and sent a mail to exporter in the US that the account number of the bank has changed.
The hackers asked the exporter to deposit USD 52,000 in banks in London and Thailand.
The firm came to know about the incident when the exporter mailed that the money had been transferred, he said.
Patodia said that with the help of the exporter they managed to get USD 42,000 freezed.
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