Mansa man hacks taxation dept website, siphons off ₹71 lakh

LUDHIANA : An employee of the state department of statistics was arrested here on Sunday for defrauding ₹71 lakh from the state exchequer by hacking the website of Punjab excise and taxation department. According to the police, the accused defrauded this amount in 13 transactions from December 2019 to May 7, 2020.

Accused identified as Nanak Dev, 31, of Mansa district, is a computer diploma holder. Inspector Goldy Birdi of the cyber cell, said, “The accused was initially assigned clerical work, however, later, he was given the extra work of updating reimbursement bills of his co-workers online two years ago.” HTC