UP boy, 17, siphons off Rs 15lakh from grandpa’s account to fund lavish lifestyle

Agra: To fund his lavish lifestyle, a 17-year-old boy allegedly transferred Rs 15lakh from his grandfather’s bank account to his e-wallet accounts of Paytm and Mobikwik.

Agra’s senior superintendent of police (SSP) Babloo Kumar said, “An 80-year-old retired Air Force officer reported that the illegal online transactions of Rs 15lakh had been done from his account by an unidentified person within five months, from March to August this year. A case was registered under section 420 of IPC at Shahganj police station." The victim claimed that he neither received any call nor had given his OTP to anyone regarding any online transaction.

The complaint was later transferred to the district cyber crime cell.

During investigations, the police found that the money was transferred from the account into Paytm and Mobikwik wallets, which were created by using a fake SIM card. The amount was later transferred to the account of the victim’s daughter-in law, the mother of his grandson. According to cybercrime officer Vijay Tomar, the boy had been regularly withdrawing small amounts of money. He used to delete the SMS alerts from his grandfather’s phone after giving OTP to his friend, Mohit Solanki (21), who was the mastermind.

Solanki used to be the victim’s neighbour once.

Two other persons who were involved in the crime were identified as Krishna, 24, who provided a fake SIM card for creating the Paytm and Mobikwik accounts and Aakash Kumar, 20, who converted some online transactions into cash for spending on liquor and buying mobile phones. Police said that many items including a double bed, a double door refrigerator, LED TV, high quality speakers were recovered from the victim’s house. All of them have been arrested, said police, adding that the minor was apprehended. The retired officer has three sons. And one of them stays with him in Agra.