Archive · 31 Oct 2025
Five Held for Rs 3 Crore Online Ticket Fraud in Hyderabad
Imagine a company that sells tickets online.
Some people who worked as agents for this company found a mistake in its computer system.
This mistake meant that when they booked tickets and then cancelled them, the system would give them back the money they paid, but also not take away the money from their online wallet.
It was like getting the money back twice!
The agents used this trick many times between May and July to add lots of fake money to their online wallets.
They then used this fake money to make more bookings and steal real money from the company.
The police caught them, and they have been arrested.
They also warned other companies to check their computer systems carefully to prevent this from happening again.
Five individuals acting as agents for a travel company were arrested in Hyderabad for a Rs 3 crore fraud.
The fraud was committed by exploiting a technical coding error in the company's online ticket booking and digital wallet refund system.
The glitch allowed the system to credit both the refunded amount and the original wallet balance upon ticket cancellation, effectively doubling the balance.
The accused repeatedly booked and cancelled tickets between May and July to inflate their digital wallet balances.
Police seized mobile phones and SIM cards and advised businesses to audit their online payment systems.
- Who
- Five individuals acting as agents for a travel company
- What
- Defrauded the travel company of over Rs 3 crore through an online ticket booking and digital wallet fraud by exploiting a software glitch.
- When
- Between May and July
- Where
- Hyderabad
- Why
- To inflate digital wallet balances through repeated ticket bookings and cancellations, allowing them to illegally siphon funds.
- Location
- Hyderabad
- Fraud Amount
- Over Rs 3 crore
- Time Period
- May to July
- Arrested Individuals
- Five individuals (acting as agents for the travel company)
- Involved Company
- A reputed travel company
- Exploited Flaw
- Technical coding error in online ticket booking and digital wallet refund system