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Identity Theft - CYBERCRIME conviction in Fake Patanjali Website
- By Elite CIO
Aug 23, 2019
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Cyber Security, Cyber Law, Data Protection Law
Cybercrime conviction in Fake Patanjali Website matter
One Vikas Kumar from Patna was Convicted in #cybercrime for2 years with Rs. 5,000/- fine for operating fake #Patanjali Website &promising distributorship in lieu of ₹3 Lacks by Ahmednagar Court inMaharashtra.
FIR was Registered under S66D of the IT Act,2000 & S420of IPC
1. District - Ahmednagar
2. Police Station - Cyber Police Station
3. C.R.No. 02/2017, IPC Sections 419, 420,467, 468 IT ActSection 66C
4. Name of Accused - Vikas Kumar, r/o Nalanda, Bihar.
5. Facts of the case - Accused in the said case hadallegedly offered Distributorship through a fake website of Patanjali andthereby duped the Complainant to the tune of Rs. 3 Lacs.
Technical Investigation of the said crime was undertaken byPI Pawar and the Accused was arrested from Patna, Bihar.
Proceedings of the said case were conducted before the Courtof Chief Magistrate, Ahmednagar .
Almost everyone knows someone has been a Victim. But,there's still an attitude that somehow it always happens to the other guy. But,what if you are the other guy?
All across India, the fastest growing Cyber Crime in thenation has been identified as Identity Theft- and its affecting each one of usin insidious ways.
We have all heard of the problem, but only few haverecognized the theft of the identity can be so devastating.
Types of identity theft
1. Criminal identity theft
2. Financial identity theft
3. Identity cloning and concealment
Identity Theft as a term refers to Fraud that involvesstealing money or getting other benefits by pretending to be someone else. Theterm is relatively new and is actually a misnomer, since it is not inherentlypossible to steal an identity, only to use it. The person whose identity isused can suffer various consequences when they are held responsible for theperpetrator's actions.
Section 66C of the IT Act,2000 :
Punishment for identity theft.- Whoever,fraudulently or dishonestly make use of the electronic signature, password or anyother unique identification feature of any other person, shall be punished withimprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three yearsand shall also be liable to fine.
Content Reference - Prashant Mali's Blog of Cyber Security, Cyber Law, Data Protection Law