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Indore man narrowly escapes ‘digital arrest’, creates APK files to help cybercriminals steal Rs 150 crore

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Indore man narrowly escapes ‘digital arrest’, creates APK files to help cybercriminals steal Rs 150 crore
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Mumbai: A 36-year-old graphic designer who once narrowly escaped a ‘digital arrest’ scam went on to create malicious software that helped cyber fraudsters cheat more than 9,600 people out of Rs 150 crore, police said on Thursday.Indore resident Pankaj Gupta was arrested by the Property Cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch for allegedly creating and supplying 2,805 malicious Android Package Kit (APK) files to cybercriminal networks operating out of Bihar and Jharkhand, said officials.“Five years ago,

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