Here Is How PayTM CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s Secretary Planned To Blackmail Him For Rs. 20 Crore
The secretary of PayTM CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma along with two other employees made a master plan to extract Rs. 20 Crore from him, however, ended up getting arrested due to these loopholes. This master plan included cheating, blackmailing and criminal breach. It is reported that they were looking to extort Rs. 20 Crore from the PayTM founder and his brother in order in return of stolen confidential data.
It is still unclear when these confidential data was stolen but the reports in the media suggest that Secretary Sonia Dhawan had access to Vijay Shekhar’s laptop, office computer, and mobile phone. She made this master plan with the husband Rupak Jain, who is a property dealer and her colleague Devender Kumar, who was working in the administration department.
Sonia stole the data and passed it to Rohit Chomal, fourth accused, who made a call to Sharma’s brother Ajay Shekhar Sharma, who is the senior VP in the company demanding extortion worth Rs. 20 Crore. According to the police, they threatened the owner of causing losses to the company and destroying the public image.
The SSP of Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ajay Pal Sharma said,
“The owner of Paytm had made a complaint with the police that their employees, a woman and her aides, had stolen some data from the company and were blackmailing. They were demanding Rs. 20 crore for not leaking it.”
He further added,
“They are being probed about the data and their modus operandi. Police will share the facts as they are unearthed.”
According to the report, the fourth suspect spilled the name after settling for Rs. 2 Lakh. After getting assurance from Sharma brothers, the accused revealed the name of Sonia Dhawan, Devender Kumar, and Rupak Jain. He further added that he was hired by them for making an extortion call.
The accused are booked under IPC Section 381 (theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master), 384 (extortion), 386 (extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt), 420 (cheating), 408 (Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant) and 120 B (party to a criminal conspiracy).
PayTM spokesperson revealed that date stolen was not user data instead it was confidential data and information of the owner.
