TOBA TEK SINGH: The Faisalabad chapter of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) arrested on Sunday a former employee of a private internet company for alleged embezzlement of millions of rupees.

A court issued two-day physical remand of the suspect, Kashif Javed, on the request of the NCCIA.

As per the agency, the suspect stole the confidential data of the company and used it to establish a new firm.

The NCCIA Faisalabad registered a case against the suspect on the complaint of Mubashir

Hussain, secretary of the internet services provider Mcsol under sections 3, 4, 13, 14 and 16 of the PECA Act and 109, 419 and 420 of the PPC.

As per the NCCIA sources, during initial investigation, the suspect confesed to have stolen the confidential data of the company during his employment and committed fraud of millions of rupees in the name of the previous company by establishing an illegal ISP network.

The suspect also made secret transactions worth millions of rupees, in connivance with a co-accused, Attaullah, the owner of another company, the sources say.

They say the NCCIA has also obtained evidence of suspicious transactions worth Rs150m from one of the bank accounts run by the suspect. The suspect also made huge transactions with dealers and vendors of Mcsol, they add.

The NCCIA officials apprehend that the accused may also have been involved in large-scale fraud with other entities as well.

Published in Dawn, August 18th, 2025