Bengaluru police bust international email spoofing gang, recover Rs 2.16 cr
Bengaluru (PTI): Police on Tuesday said they busted an international gang involved in email spoofing and recovered Rs 2.16 crore that had been fraudulently transferred to a mule bank account in Gujarat.
The cybercrime was allegedly orchestrated from abroad using a spoofed email ID for official transactions.
"The cyber crime police of the Central Crime Branch (CCB), Bengaluru City, have successfully uncovered a major financial fraud involving email spoofing linked to Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy’s Laboratories," the police said in a release.
The case came to light after representatives of Group Pharma lodged a complaint on December 2, reporting that unknown individuals had transferred Rs 2.16 crore to a mule account in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, using a fake email ID.
Following the complaint, police issued a notice to Bank of Baroda and froze the mule account.
Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh, in a press conference, said the spoofing originated from Nigeria.
On January 5, a court permitted the release of the frozen funds, which were subsequently refunded in full to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories.
Police said efforts to trace and apprehend the accused are ongoing.
Email spoofing is the practice of creating email messages with a forged sender address to mislead recipients about the true origin.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
