Nagpurians lose Rs 9.69 crore to cyber criminals since 2015
   Date :03-May-2019

 
 
 
Staff Reporter:
 
WITH the advances in technology, swindlers are having a field day on net and a sum of Rs 9.69 crore were skimmed off from Nagpurians. It happened over a period of little over four years signified with rise in on-line transactions. These cyber cases termed as white crime are increasing a challenge before law enforcers since criminals operate from far off places and cops are bound by geographical boundaries. The information shared with Abhay Kolarkar is from 2015 to 2018 and for first two months of 2019 reveals that atotal of 378 cases was registered under Information Technology Act R/w Indian PenalCode(IPC)by the Nagpur city police.
 
 
 
 
While maximum funds si phoned off by swindlers is in 2015 itself,it is about 3,07,21,257.Compared to 71 offences during the year, cops could crack only 20 cases leading to arrest of 35 persons. Thereafterin subsequent years sustained awareness had its impactas the amount that fruadsters managed to whiskoff reported a drastic fall. During the year 2016 though number of cases spiked to 96, the amount at stake was 1,92,03,093.However again deterrent of law is a big factor with detection of only 23 cases and arrest of equal number of swindlers. For 2017 the cases reported a fall with registration of 81 cases with cracking of 29 cases and arrest of 34 accused persons.
 
The amount removed from complainant accounts was Rs. 2,77,65,172. However in year 2018 the number of cases forfirst time in four year period crossed the century as 108 offences were registered of which detection was done in 31 only that led to arrests of 24 persons. The complainants were duped to tune of Rs. 1,64,04,575.
 
And in the year 2019 till end of February an amount of Rs. 28,39,605 have been looted by fruadsters in cyber related crimes.Atotal of 22 cases has been registered of which police got success in detecting four leading to arrest of three persons. Further giving bifurcation in RTI, city police mentioned that about 140 cases registered during the same period relates to bank.
 
This is from the total 378 cases and the amount that was whisked off from bank accounts was Rs. 6,14,44,920. Here to maximum amount lost was in year 2015 in which 26 cases were reported and loss is pegged at Rs 2,09,50,106. Another head under which information was sought by Kolarkar related to ATMs and their number is 83 and amount involved is Rs. 44,49,050.