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  • Cybercrime: Alert Bihar leader secretary foils bid to withdraw money from his checking account

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    PATNA: In a stunning incident, Bihar’s infamous cyber frauds attempted to withdraw a hefty sum from a checking account of the state leader secretary Amir Subhani.

    Police mentioned that Subhani knowledgeable the Financial Offence Unit (EOU) once he were given wind of cyber criminals seeking to withdraw Rs 90,000 from his checking account on Sunday.

    Alternatively, the fraud did not get achieved with the transaction because of the highest bureaucrat’s attentiveness. Subhani controlled to dam the money transaction. The cheat was once nabbed inside of two hours. 

    An FIR has been filed on this connection.

    Cyber crimes in Bihar have posed an enormous problem earlier than law-enforcing businesses as such incidents are going down regardless of `best possible makes an attempt.’

    Cyber crimes are emerging around the nation however Bihar is indexed in conjunction with Telangana, Assam, Odisha, Jharkhand and Maharashtra reporting most such instances. 

    ALSO READ | Cybercrime: CBI arrests 16 in Karnataka

    In step with to be had knowledge, 309 instances of cyber crime have been reported in 2016, 433 in 2017, 374 in 2018, 1050 in 2019 and 1512 in 2020. With an increasing number of other people beginning running and learning from house, they’re spending extra time with virtual equipment, making them extra liable to cyber crimes. It has additionally been spotted that cybercriminals are concentrated on other people dwelling in small towns.

    To tighten the noose round cyber criminals, ADG (EOU) has additionally requested the India heads of Google, Fb and Twitter to offer main points of the alleged criminals indulging in threatening and blackmailing not unusual other people of the state.

    PATNA: In a stunning incident, Bihar’s infamous cyber frauds attempted to withdraw a hefty sum from a checking account of the state leader secretary Amir Subhani.

    Police mentioned that Subhani knowledgeable the Financial Offence Unit (EOU) once he were given wind of cyber criminals seeking to withdraw Rs 90,000 from his checking account on Sunday.

    Alternatively, the fraud did not get achieved with the transaction because of the highest bureaucrat’s attentiveness. Subhani controlled to dam the money transaction. The cheat was once nabbed inside of two hours. 

    An FIR has been filed on this connection.

    Cyber crimes in Bihar have posed an enormous problem earlier than law-enforcing businesses as such incidents are going down regardless of `best possible makes an attempt.’

    Cyber crimes are emerging around the nation however Bihar is indexed in conjunction with Telangana, Assam, Odisha, Jharkhand and Maharashtra reporting most such instances. 

    ALSO READ | Cybercrime: CBI arrests 16 in Karnataka

    In step with to be had knowledge, 309 instances of cyber crime have been reported in 2016, 433 in 2017, 374 in 2018, 1050 in 2019 and 1512 in 2020. With an increasing number of other people beginning running and learning from house, they’re spending extra time with virtual equipment, making them extra liable to cyber crimes. It has additionally been spotted that cybercriminals are concentrated on other people dwelling in small towns.

    To tighten the noose round cyber criminals, ADG (EOU) has additionally requested the India heads of Google, Fb and Twitter to offer main points of the alleged criminals indulging in threatening and blackmailing not unusual other people of the state.