Juvenile held for hacking FB account
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 13 2017:
Cyber Crime Unit, Imphal West have arrested a juvenile for hacking the Facebook account of a girl and posting nude pictures through the account.
The juvenile also threatened the victim's boyfriend and demanded ransom.
Reports said a complaint was filed by the victim to OC Imphal police station that her Facebook account had been hacked by an unknown person.
The complaint was forwarded to Cyber Crime Unit, Imphal West and during investigation it was learnt that the girl's Facebook account was hacked by a juvenile from Thangmeiband Hijam Dewan Leikai presently staying at Koireng village.
The investigation also revealed that the victim's boyfriend had deposited a sum of Rs 9000 in a bank account given by the accused on June 7. The money was withdrawn by the accused next day.
The juvenile was arrested by a team of the unit under the supervision of SP Imphal West, Themthing Ngashangva from his residence.
Two mobile phones, one laptop, one ATM card and bank passport were seized from his possession, the reports added.
The accused revealed that he had hacked five Facebook accounts so far.