• Central Crime Branch (CCB) detected a cheating case by the Ola drivers who cheated the startup of lakhs of rupees
• The drivers downloaded Mock Locations (fake GPS path) app to trick the app that they drove customers in real using false map locations

Four Ola driver partners have been arrested for hoodwinking the startup and fleecing it of lakhs of rupees using a fake location app technology, a police official said on Thursday.

“Central Crime Branch (CCB) detected a cheating case by the Ola drivers who cheated the startup of lakhs of rupees,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Kuldeep Jain told IANS.

The arrested people are Ravi, Manu, Satish and Nagesh.

The drivers downloaded Mock Locations (fake GPS path) app to trick the app that they drove customers in real using false map locations.

“Drivers use mock location app, show that they have driven the Ola cab by showing false map locations,” said Joint Commissioner of Police Sandeep Patil.

Source : https://www.livemint.com/news/india/bengaluru-4-drivers-fleece-lakhs-from-ola-using-technology/amp-11591936135329.html