Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Woman constable cheated of Rs.16k at Dadar ATM

Woman constable cheated of Rs.16k at Dadar ATM
A woman constable was tricked of Rs16,000 by an unidentified man. The incident took place at Dadar station on Saturday. When constable Anuradha Kanawade could not withdraw money from a machine outside the reservation hall, the man standing behind her asked her to check if she had enough balance. He later told her the machine was not working. She then moved to the adjacent ATM machine and withdrew Rs300 for which she received an SMS alert. Two minutes later, she received another SMS alerting her to a Rs16,000 transaction. Shocked, she checked her balance and then lodged a complaint with the Dadar GRP.

Monday, March 11, 2013

What are psychotropic drugs?


What are psychotropic drugs?



    Apsychotropic drug is a chemical that acts upon the central nervous system resulting in temporary changes in perception, consciousness and behaviour. Apart from their medicinal use, these drugs are often abused for recreational purpose. Physical dependence develops after sustained use and it becomes very difficult to get de-addicted. 


Which are the commonly used psychotropic drugs? According to the UN’s World Drug Report 2012, cannabis is the world’s most widely used illicit substance. In 2010, there were over 224 million people who had used the drug at least once in the past 12 months. With 36 million users, opioids follow cannabis. Opioids is the generic term used for natural as well as synthetic opiates. It is followed by opiates, cocaine, ATS and Ecstasy. Overall, there are
over 300 million drug users across the world. Opioids (mainly heroin) are the main problem drugs accounting for maximum treatment demand in Asia and Europe. They also account for considerable treatment demand in Africa, North America and Oceania. South America is the only region where there is negligible opioid treatment demand. 


What are opiates and where are they produced? Morphine, heroin and other psychotropic drugs derived from opium are called opiates. Morphine is an intermediate
product and heroin is the end
product. Heroin, which is named after heroisch (German
for heroic), because people using it felt heroic, is widely used as a drug for its intense euphoria. Afghanistan produces 89% of the world’s illicit opium, 7% is produced in Myanmar and 4% in the rest of the world. Mexico, Colombia and Peru are the main suppliers in the Americas. For most of the European and Middle Eastern opiates, the starting point is Afghanistan. From there, opiates are smuggled through Iran, Pakistan and the Balkan states to Europe. In the Americas, the main trafficking routes for heroin are from Mexico and Colombia to the US. For Asia and Oceania, Thailand is the main
transit point. The main pro
ducers of the region are the Lao republic and Myanmar. 


What is cocaine and where is it produced? Cocaine is a psychotropic drug obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite sup
pressant, giving rise to what has been described as a euphoric sense of happiness and increased energy. Almost all of the coca leaf is cultivated in three Andean countries of South America - Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. The major entry point to the US is Mexico, and to Europe is Spain and Portugal. West and Central Africa are also emerging as main transit points for European cocaine traffic. They are also used as transit points for the traffic in Oceania and East Asian countries. 


What are cannabis derivatives and where are they produced? Cannabis is a plant that grows virtually everywhere. It is used in three forms: Herbal cannabis (marijuana or ganja), cannabis resin (hashish or charas) and cannabis oil. The major market for herbal cannabis is America, and major suppliers to America are Mexico, Canada, Jamaica and Colombia. Other significant markets are Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. 

 
What are Amphetamine Type Stimulants (ATS), and where are they produced? Amphetamines, ecstasy (MDMA) and other synthetic stimulants are classified as ATS. These drugs have a strong association with the rave culture. They temporarily increase alertness and wakefulness. Many users report subjective feelings of openness, empathy, energy, euphoria, and well-being. ATS production is concentrated in North America, East and South-East Asia and in Europe. Amphetamine and Ecstasy are mainly produced in Europe. Methamphetamine is mainly produced in North America and south East Asia.


50-yr-old steals 18-kg silver from more than 100 shops over 5 years

50-yr-old steals 18-kg silver from more than 100 shops over 5 years



Mumbai: A 50-year-old employee of a government telecom company has been arrested for stealing silver ornaments, idols and utensils collectively weighing 18kg and worth Rs10 lakh over the last five years.
    Matunga resident Rekha Wamorkar, employed as a clerk in the company’s Prabhadevi office, reportedly took to crime to lead a comfortable life after her retirement. She had stored the stolen goods at her home and was planning to sell them after her last day at work.
    “She targeted over 100 jewellery shops in the city in the last five years and had managed to avoid getting caught,” Mulund senior inspector Jiva
jirao Jadhav told TOI. Wamorkar ran out of luck on Sunday when she visited Mansi Jewellers on MG Road in Mulund (W) at 11.30am on the pretext buying a silver idol of Lord Shiva on Maha Shivratri.
    In his complaint, Manish
kumar Jain (33), owner of Mansi Jewellers, said, “The elderly woman asked my staffers to show her silver idols of Lord Shiva. A little later, she asked them to show her silverware. She diverted my employees’ attention by chatting with them and surreptitiously put some of the valuables in her bag. When I saw that some of the valuables were missing, I informed the Mulund police and didn’t allow the customers to step out of the shop till the sleuths arrived.”
    The police recovered Lord Shiva idols and a few silver glasses from Wamorkar.
    Jadhav said, “She used to take advantage of her age as most people don’t suspect an elderly woman to be a thief. She would distract jewellery shop staffers by engaging them in a conversation. She would then slip the valuables into her bag.”
    The Mulund police will handover the valuables recovered from Wamorkar’s house to jewellers after verifying their claims.

CRIME ROUTE TO RETIREMENT DREAM

    Matunga resident Rekha Wamorkar, who works as a clerk in a government telecom company, stole silver ornaments, coins and idols (in pic below) worth 10L in the last five years
She had stored the stolen goods at her Matunga home and was planning to sell them after her last day at work so that she could lead a comfortable life after retirement
She used to take advantage of her age as most people don’t suspect an elderly woman to be a thief
Jivajirao Jadhav | SENIOR INSPECTOR



Tech-savvy brothers held as brains of 1cr e-fraud


Tech-savvy brothers held as brains of 1cr e-fraud

Delhi Duo Hacked Mulund A/C




    Police have solved the Rs 1-crore e-fraud case at a private bank in Mulund by arresting two brothers adept in software technology from New Delhi on Saturday. Fajroor Rehman Khan, 26, and Shahrukh, 23, are said to be the masterminds of not only this bank account hacking, but dozens of similar frauds amounting to crores across the country.
    “The two are college dropouts, but are very intelligent. The elder had enrolled into a software programming course while the younger is a web designer and knows software programming,” said a source.
    Acting on details given by one of the 19 persons arrested in the case till Saturday, the siblings were nabbed from their Delhi residence and brought to Mumbai on transit warrant. They were produced before a local court here on Sunday morning and remanded to police custody till March 14.
    “Initially, the brothers took the help of hackers. Later, they learnt to develop viruses and
sent Trojan mails randomly. When a victim clicked on the mail, the Trojan virus got activated and sent details of the person’s computer activities — including netbanking username and password — to the accused,” said a police source.
    Using this modus operandi, the two are suspected to have carried out dozens of frauds, at least since 2006. That year, the accused were wanted by south Mumbai police station for an e-fraud, the police learned during the investigations. In 2007, they struck in Meerut and a year later, hacked into a bank account in Noida and siphoned off Rs 1.7 crore.
    On January 31 this year, the two brothers hacked into the current account of a cosmetic company in a private bank
from a cellphone and transferred Rs 1 crore in just 45 minutes (between 9.15am and 10am) to 12 different bank accounts in Mumbai, Thane and Uttar Pradesh. After finding out about the fraudulent funds transfer, company director Ankur Korani, 29, asked the bank to freeze the account and approached the police.
    A Mulund police team homed in on the kingpins after the 19th arrest in the case of Sadique Hussain Khalid Sayyed, 40, an Ajmer resident, from his hideout in Mira Road on February 19. “After receiving information from Sayyed, a police team kept a watch on the movements of the two accused,” said an officer of Mulund police station. Police have so far recovered Rs 75 lakh of
the Rs 1 crore that was stolen.
    Additional commissioner of police (East region) Quaiser Khalid confirmed to TOI that the brothers had been arrested by Mulund police.
    One of those arrested in the case, Sandeep Mohite alias Yashwant Mohite, 32, told the police Sayyed was the middleman between the kingpins and owners of the fake bank accounts used in the fraud. A police source said Sayyed had collected Rs 12 lakh from four account holders, handed over Rs 10 lakh to the masterminds and kept the rest. “Sayyed’s role was to inform the account holders of the cash transfers and collect it when they withdrew it. He was tracked down with the help of the mobile network location,” he added.


1 Within 45 minutes on Jan 31, hacker moves Rs 1 crore out of a cosmetics firm’s current account in a private bank in Mulund to 12 accounts in Mumbai, Thane and UP


2 Director Ankur Korani asks bank to freeze account; approaches cyber police station and the Mulund police and lodges an FIR. Police team fans out to Delhi and UP


3 Up to 19 arrests finally leads to kingpins — techsavvy brothers in Delhi. Till date, police have managed to recover Rs 75 lakh of the Rs 1 crore spirited away

Thursday, March 7, 2013

EOW freezes realty firm’s a/c

EOW freezes realty firm’s a/c



Mumbai: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has frozen the bank account of Sigrun Realties after its former managing director claimed that the current directors had threatened him.
    The account, maintained with a private bank, was set up in 2005 by a few NRIs for investing in properties in Mumbai.
    In 2011, the EOW officials were investigating a cheating complaint by the directors who alleged that then MD Rajesh Nair had siphoned off around Rs 189 crore. Nair was removed from the firm and while the probe was on, he lodged a complaint of threat in a magistrate’s court. The complaint was forwarded to the EOW, which froze the account saying “proceeds of alleged crime have been received in this account”.
    The directors have denied the allegation. They claimed the cheating dispute was settled after Nair filed a consent term agree
ing to pay Rs 49.68 crore as settlement by July 2012. “He paid around Rs 8.65 crore and then accused us of forcing him to sign the settlement. He refused to pay the balance. We didn’t issue any threats,” said Naveen Dsouza, director, Sigrun Realties.
    The Bombay high court, in one of its hearings, had observed about the violation of bail conditions.
    An EOW official said the complaints and counter-allegations are being probed simultaneously by different officers for a fair investigation.
    In the threat complaint, the HC has told the EOW to provide three days’ time before arresting the directors.
    Nair has also lodged a complaint of forgery by the directors. The EOW also suspects the source of funds and has written to the enforcement directorate for a probe. “Necessary permissions from the RBI were not procured before transferring the funds violating the foreign exchange regulations,” an officer claimed.

HC turns down Hasan Ali’s bail plea

HC turns down Hasan Ali’s bail plea



Mumbai: The Bombay HC on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of Pune businessman Hasan Ali Khan in connection with money laundering cases.
    Khan—though his counsel Satish Maneshinde—sought bail on grounds that he said were new as there was no chargesheet yet filed against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). However, Justice R C Chavan rejected the bail application.
    Hasan Ali Khan had been arrested in 2011 and his bail plea had been rejected in September 2011 by the Supreme Court and another one in October 2012 by the special court. He moved the HC to have the October order quashed and to be released on bail. Maneshinde’s arguments were that the material so far has not disclosed any connection between the alleged scheduled offences and the proceeds of the crime as is required under the PMLA.

    Advocate general Darius Khambata and public prosecutor Revati Dere appeared for the Enforcement Directorate and state to argue against the bail plea. In 2007, the ED had registered a case against Khan on the basis of information received from the income tax department which alleged that he and his associates maintained bank accounts outside India.
    The agencies said that in 2006, a Zurich bank had written to Khan allegedly in which he was permitted to withdraw US$ 6 billion out of a total of $8 billion in the account there. He has been accused to tax evasion worth several thousand crores has been in jail for two years.

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