Kathmandu, Nepal, September 24, 2019: At another attempt to steal over Rs 5 billion from various banks and financial institutions of Nepal via hacking has been crackdown by the Nepal police.
Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD), Teku has on Wednesday said that an international racket led by a foreign national residing in India had been planning to steal over Rs 5 billion from various banks and financial institutions of Nepal via hacking.
According to the police, foreign national named Peter, who is also known as Kale, has been involved in masterminding a huge financial racket by using Nepali nationals. Police have made public twelve persons including Kale for their alleged involvement in stealing money by hacking the banking system.
The arrestees have been identified as Bijay Sah, Chandara Bahadur Budha, Bidyasagar Lamichhane, Shravan Kumar Shrestha, Sunita Shrestha, Lawang Tamang, Sanjay Ghale, Laxmi Lama Tamang, Nirmala Taman, Nima Tamang, Pushparaj Khadka and Shubankar Panja.
With the arrest, the MPCD has also stated that Rs 47,396,000 was hacked from Agricultural Development Bank while Rs 1,200,000 was stolen from Panas Remit based in New Baneshwar of Kathmandu.
