ISLAMABAD
\nFederal Investigation Agency (FIA) cybercrime wing on Friday arrested nine people in suspects of threatening people through \u2018online loan app\u2019.
\nAgency spokerperson told that officials raided at Saidpur Road area to arrest the suspects. Further he said cases were also registered against 19 others suspects.
\nWhile conducting raid Inspector Badar Munir sealed many officers of the company located in a commercial plaza.
\nStatement says the suspects target was to make 100 to 150 calls on daily basis to those (including families and friends) who had used app.
\nThe statement added that there were separate departments dealing with \u201ctorture calls\u201d in the said offices.
\n\u201cEach section was assigned separate tasks with regard to making calls. There were sections named D-0, D-1, D-2, DS-1, DS-2 and DS-3,\u201d the statement added.
\nIt further said that the personal data of the citizens was accessed through the said loan apps which was later on used to harass the affected citizens.
\nThe FIA recovered a large number of documents, computers, laptops and SIMs during the raid.
\nThe investigation agency added that the suspects have been arrested and an investigation has been initiated, adding that raids are being conducted to nab other suspects.
\nOn the other hand, the issue of blackmailing citizens through online loan apps also came to light in Karachi where an affected citizen complained to FIA Cybercrime Karachi. However, no action has been taken yet.
\nThe development comes as the FIA initiated a probe after debt-stricken Muhammad Masood, 42, committed suicide earlier this week after being pressurised and blackmailed by the app employees into returning the borrowed money with high interest.
\nHe had taken an initial loan of Rs13,000 but missed deadlines and the sky-hit interest meant that he owed two lenders more than Rs700,000.
\nThe accused had been threatening to leak personal data from the cell phone of Muhammad Masood who narrated the story of the app employees\u2019 blackmailing in his last message.
\nIn it, he mentioned the pressure to pay the interest and loan amount as he was being threatened and blackmailed by personnel of the online loan app.
\nThe three-member FIA team also took the mobile phone of the victim and also reviewed his emails, including the correspondence with the digital lender. They also recorded the statements of the deceased\u2019s wife and brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) cybercrime wing on Friday arrested nine people in suspects of threatening people through \u2018online loan app\u2019. Agency spokerperson told that officials raided at Saidpur Road area to arrest the suspects. Further he said cases were also registered against 19 others suspects. While conducting raid Inspector Badar Munir sealed many officers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-343186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n