By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch arrested one other man for his alleged involvement within the one-time password (OTP) rip-off and hyperlinks with high-ranking Pakistani intelligence operatives.
The accused Abhijeet Sanjay Jambure (32) was arrested from Pune on Thursday and produced earlier than an area courtroom there earlier than being dropped at Bhubaneswar on transit remand. A courtroom within the state capital had earlier issued a non-bailable warrant in opposition to him.
Jambure was consistently in touch with Pakistani intelligence and Army officers for the final a number of years. In 2018, he got here in touch with Pakistani nationwide Syed Danish Ali Naqvi by Facebook. Naqvi, a local of Faisalabad, launched himself as a freelancer working with an American training expertise firm – Chegg. Jambure supplied his consumer ID and password of Chegg to Danish.
Danish engaged some folks to work on Jambure’s behalf for the training expertise firm. The fee in the direction of the work was credited to Jambure’s checking account in India. “In return, Jambure made payments for agents working for Pakistan when they bought OTPs and mule bank accounts from cyber fraudsters hailing from Odisha and other parts of the country,” stated an STF officer.
Danish later launched Jambure to one among his associates – Abdul Hamid alias Khurram of Karachi. Khurram is reportedly a senior Pakistani military intelligence officer having an unlimited community of brokers in India. As per Khurram’s directions, Jambure transferred cash to Pakistani intelligence operatives working in India.
STF’s investigation reveals Jambure had spoken with at the very least seven Pakistani and 10 Nigerian residents on WhatsApp. A local of Maharashtra’s Satara district, Jambure accomplished his post-graduation in Statistics from Sardar Patel University at Anand in Gujarat.
He was working in a multinational agency in Pune engaged in offering expertise and IT consulting providers. So far, the company has arrested six individuals in reference to the rip-off and additional investigation is constant.
BHUBANESWAR: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch arrested one other man for his alleged involvement within the one-time password (OTP) rip-off and hyperlinks with high-ranking Pakistani intelligence operatives.
The accused Abhijeet Sanjay Jambure (32) was arrested from Pune on Thursday and produced earlier than an area courtroom there earlier than being dropped at Bhubaneswar on transit remand. A courtroom within the state capital had earlier issued a non-bailable warrant in opposition to him.
Jambure was consistently in touch with Pakistani intelligence and Army officers for the final a number of years. In 2018, he got here in touch with Pakistani nationwide Syed Danish Ali Naqvi by Facebook. Naqvi, a local of Faisalabad, launched himself as a freelancer working with an American training expertise firm – Chegg. Jambure supplied his consumer ID and password of Chegg to Danish. googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Danish engaged some folks to work on Jambure’s behalf for the training expertise firm. The fee in the direction of the work was credited to Jambure’s checking account in India. “In return, Jambure made payments for agents working for Pakistan when they bought OTPs and mule bank accounts from cyber fraudsters hailing from Odisha and other parts of the country,” stated an STF officer.
Danish later launched Jambure to one among his associates – Abdul Hamid alias Khurram of Karachi. Khurram is reportedly a senior Pakistani military intelligence officer having an unlimited community of brokers in India. As per Khurram’s directions, Jambure transferred cash to Pakistani intelligence operatives working in India.
STF’s investigation reveals Jambure had spoken with at the very least seven Pakistani and 10 Nigerian residents on WhatsApp. A local of Maharashtra’s Satara district, Jambure accomplished his post-graduation in Statistics from Sardar Patel University at Anand in Gujarat.
He was working in a multinational agency in Pune engaged in offering expertise and IT consulting providers. So far, the company has arrested six individuals in reference to the rip-off and additional investigation is constant.
