[pchelpers] News:ʽHackerʼ sentenced to 41 years, fined Rs 500,000

LAHORE: The Special Banking Court on Thursday sentenced a man to 41
years and a Rs 500,000 fine for a credit-card fraud. According to a
handout, the Cyber Crime Circle of the Federal Investigation Agency
(FIA) had arrested Muhammad Khan alias Ali Bhai from Lahore and seized a
laptop, five machines, counterfeited credit cards of 20 international
banks and data of various international banks.

The handout said that the accused cheated people with the help of his
three agents namely Umer Shahzad alias Kashif, Muhammad Anwar and
Shafaqat Ali, who were still at large. The FIA registered a case against
Khan and sent him to jail. On Thursday, Cyber Crime Wing Assistant
Director Zia Islam said it was for the first time in Pakistan that a
cyber criminal had been punished so severely. staff report

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