<p class="title">A 21-year-old ex-employee of an e-commerce portal and his associate were arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) for allegedly siphoning off Rs 64,000 from his former colleague by installing a mobile tracker app in his smartphone without his knowledge.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The arrested have been identified as Sonu Sharma, a resident of Bharathnagar, and his friend Sameer Ahmed (21), a resident of Thanisandra.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to officials, Sharma worked for an online portal as a brand promoter from April this year until July, when he quit his job.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before quitting, Sharma had asked for his colleague Rakesh’s mobile on the pretext of seeing something and installed a mobile tracker app. He also created an email ID and password after which he quit in July. Rakesh was the vice president of the portal and in-charge of accounts. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Sharma then purchased a smartphone and configured the phone with the new email ID and password he had created on Rakesh’s phone. When Rakesh did company work, even Sharma used to get the OTPs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With the help of this, he siphoned off Rs 63,800. The suspicious deductions set off alarm bells in Rakesh, who discovered that the money had gone to another bank account.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following this, he filed a complaint with the CCB police, who took his phone for a technical analysis and discovered the mobile tracker app.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Soon, account holder Sameer Ahmed was picked up for questioning following which both Sameer and Sonu Sharma were arrested. </p>
<p class="title">A 21-year-old ex-employee of an e-commerce portal and his associate were arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) for allegedly siphoning off Rs 64,000 from his former colleague by installing a mobile tracker app in his smartphone without his knowledge.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The arrested have been identified as Sonu Sharma, a resident of Bharathnagar, and his friend Sameer Ahmed (21), a resident of Thanisandra.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to officials, Sharma worked for an online portal as a brand promoter from April this year until July, when he quit his job.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before quitting, Sharma had asked for his colleague Rakesh’s mobile on the pretext of seeing something and installed a mobile tracker app. He also created an email ID and password after which he quit in July. Rakesh was the vice president of the portal and in-charge of accounts. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Sharma then purchased a smartphone and configured the phone with the new email ID and password he had created on Rakesh’s phone. When Rakesh did company work, even Sharma used to get the OTPs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With the help of this, he siphoned off Rs 63,800. The suspicious deductions set off alarm bells in Rakesh, who discovered that the money had gone to another bank account.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following this, he filed a complaint with the CCB police, who took his phone for a technical analysis and discovered the mobile tracker app.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Soon, account holder Sameer Ahmed was picked up for questioning following which both Sameer and Sonu Sharma were arrested. </p>