Two Mumbai persons have been arrested by the crime wing of CB-CID on charges of using fraudulent means to withdraw Rs 26.55 lakh and Rs 75,510 respectively from two different accounts of two people. The victims hailed from Tamil Nadu.

The persons arrested namely S Vinayak Shivaji Khandare (20) and I Ibrahim Ansari (25) have been brought to Chennai and are in police custody.

It happened on 5th November 2009 when Tiruchi-based businessman S Salahudeen identified an unnatural transaction being taken place from his account through internet banking means. He immediately reported the bank authorities and the police. The cyber crime department found the involvement of eight couriers in the issue.

The CID arrested C Sridhar of Chennai, R Suresh Ramdas and S Arun Kumar of Bangalore in January and February this year. In March, they arrested one of the prime accused, B S Sainath Reddy at Hyderabad. Khandare was arrested on 17th May in Mumbai.

The second case involved a Madurai-based engineer V Saravanan who had filed a complaint on August 2009 regarding the unnatural tranfer of Rs. 75,510 from his account after he had responded to a phishing e mail. In this regard I Ibrahim Ansari was arrested on May 19 in Mumbai.

According to a police official, "Hackers steal the id and passwords of victims either by phishing email or by planting malicious software. They recruit accomplices or couriers through social networking sites. They then get details of the couriers and transfer victims' money. They withdraw from these accounts a share after paying commission to the couriers."