Shahjehanabad police have booked miscreants who hacked online electricity payment account of Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board Shahjehanabad branch ID and siphoned Rs 18 lakh by duping 300 customers.
According to the police complainant Aftab Beg posted as AE with MPEB lodged a complaint with the Shahjehanbad police regarding online bill hacking of Rs 18 lakh from Shahjehanabad MPEB office using it ID for submission of online electricity payment of bills.
The fraud surfaced after audit was conducted and it was found that from February 7 to March 23 around 300 electricity bills were submitted but were not showing in the audit as they were never deposited with the specified account and were deposited in different account set by hackers.
