The MHB Colony police have launched a probe into a case of data theft against four persons, who allegedly stole client information of a firm and established a restaurant business similar to that of the complainant.
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
The complainant, a resident of Charkop in Kandivali, told the police that three persons resigned from his Dahisar-based firm between Jan 2020 to Oct 2022.
The accused persons allegedly misused the laptop, e-mail ID and storage information of the complainantโs firm and illegally emailed to themselves sensitive client information related to terms and conditions. They also allegedly prevented the complainant from accessing the information despite having authorised rights.
๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
Based on the complaint, the police registered a case on Sunday on charges of criminal breach of trust, cheating, failure to protect data and dishonestly receiving stolen computer resources or communication devices, under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act.
The police are probing if the accused downloaded, copied and extracted data, computer database or information in any removable storage form.
Such cybercrimes are rising across the country. The Mumbai policeโs statistics revealed that last year 17 cases of data theft were registered in the city, of which only five were detected, with five persons being arrested.
