Bhubaneswar: The Cyber Crime division of Odisha Crime Branch has arrested the owner of a marketing company for allegedly trading with the personal data of users to fraudsters. The accused, Sundaram Charan (32) is a native of Andheri East, Mumbai. He runs a company named 360 Marketing Private Limited which deals with online marketing.
The Crime Branch, while investigating a case of cyber fraud which was registered on January 1, 2022, came to know about Charan and his activities. He is a permanent resident of Bhagalpur district in Bihar. Charan was booked under multiple Sections of the IPC and IT Act and produced in a Bandra Court on March 15. The court granted a 5-day transit remand to the Crime Branch in this case following which he was brought to Bhubaneswar and produced before the SDJM here on Thursday.
The youth used to trade with user data with fraudsters who used the information to call people over phone and trap them into financial frauds. In the process, Charan collected around Rs 17.29 lakh over the past five years. The matter is being investigated further. Three persons from Jharkhand who are accused in this case have been arrested by the Crime Branch earlier this year.
