Six cyber criminals arrested

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Press Trust of India Allahabad
Last Updated : Oct 07 2013 | 10:06 PM IST
Police today arrested six youths on charges of fraudulently accessing various bank accounts and making online purchases.
Ram Babu Patel, Surendra Nishad, Amit Srivastava, Sanjay Verma, Anil Verma and Dharmendra Verma were nabbed from Sarai Inayat area of the district's trans-Ganga region, police said.
A car, a scooter, a laptop and 11 mobile phones ,suspected to be purchased online by them fraudulently, were also seized besides recovery of Rs 17,000 cash, they said.
During interrogation, the youths confessed that they used to access bank details of people and make online purchases with the help of sim cards procured through fake documents.
They have been booked under relevant sections of the Information Technology Act, police said.
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First Published: Oct 07 2013 | 10:06 PM IST

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