2 Gurgaon men arrested for swindling people by hacking their Swiggy accounts; siphon off over Rs 97,000
The men were arrested after the accused siphoned off Rs 97,197 from the Swiggy account of a woman from Sultanpur through her Lazy Pay account.
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The officer said that they arrested the two men based on the complaint of a woman of Sultanpur, after the accused siphoned off Rs 97,197 through her Lazy Pay account linked to Swiggy. (File Photo)The Delhi Police last week arrested two men who allegedly hacked the Swiggy delivery accounts of several people, officers said.
The police identified the accused as Aniket Kalra, 25, who had earlier worked as a delivery boy in Swiggy and Zomato, and Himanshu Kumar, 23, both residents of Gurgaon.
DCP (South) Ankit Kumar said on Monday that the accused, using the ‘Interactive Voice Response System’, hacked the Swiggy accounts of people and placed orders for grocery items through the hacked accounts, and later sold them at a lower price.
The officer said that they arrested the two men based on the complaint of a woman of Sultanpur, after the accused siphoned off Rs 97,197 through her Lazy Pay account linked to Swiggy.
Police added the investigators carried out a technical analysis of call detail records and money transactions and found that the woman received a call in the late night hours from an Automated Telephony Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system and she was told in a pre-recorded voice that someone is trying to hack her account.
Subsequently, orders worth Rs 97,197 were made through her Swiggy account.
It was found that the products were being delivered to Gurgaon and the number was on a fake ownership. Aniket and Himanshu were eventually arrested from Gurgaon.
According to the police, Kalra used to purchase grocery items online at lower prices through offers and then sold them in the market, saving five to 10 per cent on every order.
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