The
21-year-old woman, who has been doing her chartered accountancy
articleship at Manoj Daga & Company in Hyderabad, was booked under
relevant sections of Information Technology Act on September 7, after a
preliminary investigation and faces arrest in the case.
“The
girl hacked Ambani’s e-filing of Income-Tax returns account with an
intention to check the industrialist’s income and tax amount paid by him
over the period of time.
After hacking the account
of the chairman of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), she accessed the
details of his income, tax amount paid, PAN card number and even changed
twice the password of his e-account on the IT website,” an official
involved in the probe said.
According to police, a
chartered accountant firm in Mumbai, which files 54-year-old Ambani’s
individual tax details, was intimated through an email from IT
department on June 26 that as per request, the industrialist’s e-return
account had been changed. Again on July 12, the firm received another
email stating that second time the password had been changed.
As
suspicion grew, the ADAG group representative complained to Joint
Police Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy, who directed cyber cell
inspector Mukund Pawar to probe the case.
“As
preliminary probe suggested it as a clear case of cyber crime since it
involved hacking into the e—return account, a case was registered on
September 7. Probe revealed that the account was hacked from Manoj Daga
& Company’s computer following which a team rushed there and upon
questioning, the girl confessed to have hacked into Ambani’s account,”
Mr. Pawar said.
The server has been seized, Mr. Pawar
said adding that, “we have all technical and physical evidence against
her. The accused, who is in Hyderabad, will have to face the arrest.”
The offence was bailable and she will be arrested soon, another police official said.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/ca-student-hacks-anil-ambanis-it-account/article5124623.ece
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