The cybercrime department officials said the accused in the iBomma hacking racket insisted that he had merely taken advantage of the loophole, as others were already bootlegging movies and uploading them on Telegram.
Ibomma Ravi
He retrieved these files, cleaned them up, and
upgraded them to high definition before putting them on his websites. An
official close to the investigation said Ravi was asked to list all the servers
he operates and shut them down as the investigation progresses.
He claims to have bought videos posted
on platforms such as Telegram to clean them up, enhance them, and post them on
his websites. He said the enhancement part was also done by others for a small
fee, "the official said. Immadi Ravi (39), a resident of Visakhapatnam and
now a citizen of St Kitts and Nevis, is the main accused in the case.
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He was arrested from an apartment on
Green Hills Road in Kukatpally after Hyderabad cybercrime police identified the
mastermind behind the hacking operation. Cybercrime officials said they had
obtained five days of police custody after the Nampally court agreed on
November 19 that further investigation was needed to unearth the network behind
the large-scale hacking ecosystem.
Immadi Ravi - Accused
Since November 20, Ravi has been
brought to the cyber crime police station every day for questioning from
Chanchalguda jail. Police have seized hard discs containing nearly 21,000
images in multiple languages. Investigators estimate he earned about Rs 20
crore from the operation and used the proceeds to buy apartments and land.
About Rs 3.5 crore has been frozen in
his bank accounts as the investigation continues.
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