This Article is From Jul 22, 2010

Wanted cyber criminal nabbed

Hyderabad/New Delhi: Hyderabad Police on Wednesday arrested a man wanted in a number of cybercrime cases in Delhi. The man is accused of allegedly cheating a Hyderabad resident by hacking into his bank account and was on the run, police said.

Ganesh Kumar Agarwal alias Prince, a native of Kolkata, was nabbed by the sleuths of Cyber Crime Cell of Hyderabad Police on Tuesday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detective Department) J Satyanarayana said.

The accused, along with two Nigerians, got transferred Rs 6.23 lakh from the complainant's account and made purchases through an online auction website last month, the police officer said.

The accused, after hacking into the bank account details of the complainant, made at least six fraudulent transactions online and investigation revealed that the crime had been committed from Delhi, he said.

Based on credible information, the city police went to Delhi and arrested two Nigerians, Frank alias Emanual and E Celestain Chibuki, on July 11 in New Delhi.

However, Prince was nabbed on Tuesday, the officer said.
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