MULTAN, Sept 9: Special Judge (central) Mohammed Arif Sial on Tuesday sent four accused in the cyber money fraud case to jail on judicial remand till Sept 23.

The FIA representative did not press for the grant of further physical remand of the accused.

The accused sent on judicial remand are Raza Husain Naqvi, Zafar Iqbal, Mohammed Tahir and Ali Raza.

Three other accused, Iftikhar, Bilal and Aamir Yaqoob, had reportedly confessed to the crime before the area magistrate and sent to jail.

On Aug 26, alleged hacker Iftikhar Khan, postal department employee Mohammed Tahir and owners of an internet club Zafar Iqbal and Raza Husain Naqvi were arrested by the FIA in the first-ever reported cyber crime from Multan involving withdrawal of $30,000 by manipulating the computerized money transfer system on cyber space. Bilal was arrested later on.

The accused had managed to have access to the website of the Western Union, a worldwide money transfer company, in collusion with the postal department employee at an Express Post outlet. The alleged hacker had also stolen password and the money transfer code number to fraudulently withdraw the money.

The next hearing of the case will be held on Sept 23.—APP