Lalitpur: Four Arrested for Allegedly Posing as Khalti Staff, Using Screen-Sharing and OTPs to Raid Bank Accounts

Bhaktapur police have arrested four young men from an apartment in Hattiban, Lalitpur, for allegedly defrauding people by posing as employees of the Khalti digital wallet. Police say the suspects allegedly warned victims their KYC had to be updated or their wallets would close, then persuaded them to share their phone screens and one-time passwords to gain unauthorised access to bank accounts. The four have not been convicted and remain under investigation.

Awaaz Punjab Investigations Desk27 October 20263 min readRead in all 3 languages

Lalitpur, Oct 27: Four people have been arrested on suspicion of defrauding members of the public by impersonating employees of Khalti, a digital wallet service, police said. A team from the District Police Range, Bhaktapur, arrested them from a room at Mero City Apartments in Hattiban, Lalitpur Metropolitan City-28, according to 2daybulletin and Daily Inform IQ.

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Police identified the arrested men as Subham Kumar Jha, 23, Aniket Kumar Yadav, 20, Pawan Kumar Chaudhary, 22, and Rishi Ganga, 21. The Bhaktapur District Police Range is handling the case. The four are accused as alleged suspects; they have not been convicted and remain under investigation.

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According to police, the suspects allegedly contacted people from various mobile numbers by phone and through WhatsApp audio and video calls, claiming to represent Khalti. They allegedly told victims that their Know Your Customer (KYC) details had to be updated or their digital wallets would be closed, Daily Inform IQ reported.

Source: Daily Inform IQ

Police say the suspects also allegedly offered to link victims' bank accounts to their wallets, supply payment-alert speakers for business accounts and enable fund transfers without a service fee. After gaining victims' confidence, they allegedly persuaded them to share their phone screens and disclose their one-time passwords (OTPs), and investigators believe the information was used to access victims' financial accounts without permission and transfer money to other accounts.

Source: 2daybulletin

4 arrestedSuspects held by Bhaktapur District Police Range from Hattiban, Lalitpur

20–23 yearsAges of the four arrested men, as reported by police via 2daybulletin

Police have not provided further details about the alleged transactions or the total amount involved in the information released so far, Daily Inform IQ reported. The investigation is ongoing.

Source: Daily Inform IQ

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