The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) in Karachi on Tuesday arrested a retired Sindh government official for allegedly selling forged medical fitness certificates to job applicants at its recruitment centre.
Officials said the suspect was caught during the ongoing recruitment process at the Razzakabad Training Centre, near Chaukhandi Graveyard, where he was allegedly offering the fake documents to candidates. Applicants are required to submit medical fitness certificates as part of the selection procedure.
The suspect is a retired deputy secretary of the Sindh Forest and Wildlife Department. Officials said he also runs a photocopy shop in Abdullah Goth, Karachi, where he allegedly prepared and sold the forged certificates.
An NCCIA team conducted an operation at the recruitment centre and recovered fake medical fitness certificates from his possession. He is being handed over to local police, along with the recovered documents, for legal proceedings and further investigation.
In another developement, NCCIA arrested Muhammad Sultan in Panserah, a resident of Faisalabad, over allegations that he hacked WhatsApp account of a citizen and defrauded the victim’s contacts of Rs1.3 million.
Sultan allegedly posed as a courier company representative, sent the victim a fraudulent link, obtained a verification code to access the WhatsApp account, then impersonated the account holder and collected Rs1.3 million from acquaintances.
Following the complaint in Islamabad, authorities registered a case under PECA, traced Sultan, seized the mobile phone used in the fraud and recovered digital evidence, while NCCIA vowed continued action against cybercrime.
