Jaipur teenager held for tampering QR codes to siphon payments from Delhi shops

NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old youth, Manish Verma, was arrested from Jaipur, Rajasthan, for allegedly tampering with QR codes at shops and diverting digital payments to his bank account, police said on Tuesday.

A complaint stated that on December 13, a customer at a Chandni Chowk garment shop attempted to purchase a lehenga worth Rs 2.50 lakh, making two digital payments of Rs 90,000 and Rs 50,000. The shop management informed him that no payment was credited, despite screenshots, a police officer said.