LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan ki National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency ne aik aise shakhs ko giraftar kar liya hai jo aik jaali postage scheme ke silsile mein United States ko matloob tha. Prosecutors ka kehna hai ke is jaali postage scheme se US Postal Service ko 12 crore 60 lakh dollar se zyada, yani taqreeban Rs35 arab ka nuqsan hua.
Punjab ke shehr Khanewal ke rehne wale 33 saala Faheem Akram par ilzam hai ke woh LabelsBank.com chala raha tha, aik website jo US ke jaali postage labels farokht karti thi. NCCIA ne kaha ke woh "2023 se dhokadehi par mabni website ke zariye jaali stamps bech raha tha".
Aik label $2 mein
Florida mein pichhle maheene jari kiye gaye wafaqi fard-e-jurm ke mutabiq, is website ne 5,000 se zyada customers ko 51 lakh se zyada jaali shipping labels farokht kiye. Parcel ka wazan, size ya manzil jo bhi ho, in labels ki qeemat aam taur par taqreeban $2 fi label rakhi jati thi, jo asl postage ki lagat ka mehz aik chhota sa hissa thi. Prosecutors ka kehna hai ke is scheme se Postal Service ko 12 crore 60 lakh dollar se zyada ki aamdani aur shipping lagat ka nuqsan hua.
Akram par sazish ka aik, jaali postage labels banane aur farokht karne ke paanch, aur wire fraud ke chaar ilzamat hain. Jab tak jurm sabit na ho, woh begunah samjha jayega. US Postal Inspection Service ne us ke liye matloob ka notice jari kiya tha aur aisi maloomat par 1 lakh dollar tak inam ka elan kiya tha jis se us ki giraftari aur sazayabi mumkin ho.
Das din ki talash
NCCIA ne kaha ke Akram ko 10 din ke "khusoosi locator operation" ke baad giraftar kiya gaya, jis mein tehqeeqat karne walon ne 47 logon se poochh gachh ki aur 122 call records ka tajziya kiya. Us ne kaha ke Akram ke khandan ke 16 bank accounts, jin mein us ke bhai, biwi, behen aur khala ke accounts shamil hain, is scheme ki raqam muntaqil karne ke liye istemal hue.
"Muqadma darj kar liya gaya hai, aur mazeed tehqeeqat jari hai," idare ne kaha, aur izafa kiya ke cybercrimes aur digital fraud mein mulawwis afrad ke khilaf "zero-tolerance policy" hai.
NCCIA ke Director General Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi ne agency ke Lahore daftar ke senior officers ke saath operation ka jaiza liya aur un ke kaam ki tareef ki, aur unhein hidayat ki ke woh cybercriminals ke khilaf karrawaiyan jari rakhein. Unhon ne kaha ke shehriyon ko maali fraud, online scams aur doosre cybercrime se bachana agency ki bunyadi zimmedari hai.
Agency ne yeh nahin bataya ke Akram ko United States ke hawale kiya jayega ya nahin.
