Kanpur: Cyber Cell of police on Thursday arrested six persons involved allegedly in fraud worth crores of rupees in the Kanya Vivah Yojana. Those arrested include one couple and an assistant accountant of the labor department.
Police claimed that with the help of an assistant accountant, the mastermind hacked the web portal while his alleged girlfriend and associates transferred money to the accounts of fake beneficiaries before he transferred the money into his account and distributed it among the gang.Labor department had outsourced the assistant accountant, main accused Udit Mishra, resident of Sachendi, to resolve other issues related to the accounting software.
DCP (Crime) Ashish Srivastava said Mishra ran a business centre in Sajeti area of the district. “An ethical hacker, he used to earn money by pointing out shortcomings in govt and private websites and portals and had developed links with officials of labor department,” he said. Police said labor department officials from Lucknow too started seeking help from him to resolve issues related to the portal, which gave him strong foothold in the department.
“Mishra got acquainted with Vinay Dixit, native of Sitapur, assistant accountant in the treasury office of education department with additional charge of the labor department and with his help, Mishra obtained digital signature of the Treasury officer,” said police, adding, “Rs 1,10,00,000 was transferred through fake registration of 201 ineligible applicants and applying for the Kanya Vivah Yojana. Mishra first did a trial run, transferring Rs 15 lakh to various accounts by creating fake applicants.”
The fraud came to fore when the investigation team searched the bank accounts of Mishra and his brother Ankit, said police. “Vinay Dixit had provided bank account numbers to transfer Rs 15 lakh withdrawn during the trial. Mishra, his girlfriend Nancy Thakur and brother Ankit, took help of the Jan Seva Kendra network to make the money. He scanned for people who could provide him Aadhaar number or bank account of various people and came in contact with Mohammad Yasin and Lalit Kashyap of Moradabad, along with Muntazir and Arjan, Mastan of Amroha and Sitapur after depositing money in bank and payments bank accounts provided by them. Later, Udit put the money back into Ankit’s account,”police added.
Police claimed that with the help of an assistant accountant, the mastermind hacked the web portal while his alleged girlfriend and associates transferred money to the accounts of fake beneficiaries before he transferred the money into his account and distributed it among the gang.Labor department had outsourced the assistant accountant, main accused Udit Mishra, resident of Sachendi, to resolve other issues related to the accounting software.
DCP (Crime) Ashish Srivastava said Mishra ran a business centre in Sajeti area of the district. “An ethical hacker, he used to earn money by pointing out shortcomings in govt and private websites and portals and had developed links with officials of labor department,” he said. Police said labor department officials from Lucknow too started seeking help from him to resolve issues related to the portal, which gave him strong foothold in the department.
“Mishra got acquainted with Vinay Dixit, native of Sitapur, assistant accountant in the treasury office of education department with additional charge of the labor department and with his help, Mishra obtained digital signature of the Treasury officer,” said police, adding, “Rs 1,10,00,000 was transferred through fake registration of 201 ineligible applicants and applying for the Kanya Vivah Yojana. Mishra first did a trial run, transferring Rs 15 lakh to various accounts by creating fake applicants.”
The fraud came to fore when the investigation team searched the bank accounts of Mishra and his brother Ankit, said police. “Vinay Dixit had provided bank account numbers to transfer Rs 15 lakh withdrawn during the trial. Mishra, his girlfriend Nancy Thakur and brother Ankit, took help of the Jan Seva Kendra network to make the money. He scanned for people who could provide him Aadhaar number or bank account of various people and came in contact with Mohammad Yasin and Lalit Kashyap of Moradabad, along with Muntazir and Arjan, Mastan of Amroha and Sitapur after depositing money in bank and payments bank accounts provided by them. Later, Udit put the money back into Ankit’s account,”police added.