Payment through QR code proved costly! Cheating of Rs 1.5 lakh in the name of lehenga in Chandni Chowk

Tezzbuzz Desk – If you take digital payment through QR code, then this news may alert you. A shocking case of fraud by tampering with QR code has come to light. A 19-year-old youth from Rajasthan manipulated the QR code of the shopkeepers and transferred the money taken from the customers to his account. The police have arrested the accused.

Accused caught from Jaipur

According to the police, the accused has been identified as Manish Verma, who was arrested from Jaipur as part of an inter-state operation. In this case, a fraud of Rs 1.40 lakh related to a clothing shop located in Chandni Chowk, Delhi has also come to light.

Actually, on December 13, a customer had come to Chandni Chowk shop to buy a lehenga worth about Rs 2.5 lakh. The customer scanned the QR code installed at the shop for payment and made two UPI transactions of Rs 90 thousand and Rs 50 thousand. But later investigation revealed that this amount did not reach the official bank account of the shop.

This is how the secret of QR code fraud was revealed

After receiving the complaint, the police registered an e-FIR and conducted a technical investigation of the UPI transaction. Investigation revealed that the payment amount was transferred to another bank account operated from Rajasthan. On the basis of digital footprint, bank records and mobile data, the police reached the accused and arrested him.

Police investigation revealed that the accused did not make direct changes in the QR code, but used image editing apps to create fake images that looked like the real QR code. These fake QR codes were placed at shops in place of the original ones, due to which when scanned, the payment was directly transferred to the account of the accused.

More than 100 mobile phones recovered

During interrogation, the accused has confessed to his crime. Police have recovered more than 100 mobile phones from him, in which edited and original QR codes were saved. Apart from this, chats, screenshots and financial records have also been seized. Investigation of bank accounts has confirmed that the fraudulent amount has been deposited in the account of the accused.