Two nabbed for snooping on mobile phones

The modus operandi of the security agency was that it used the services of a mobile software developer in Pune, who had with the help of code writers, developed such snooping software for Android and Blackberry-based smartphones.

The Pune-based software developer in turn had tied up with a company based in Peru to co-develop and host the developed software on their servers, police said.

The software development was funded by Peruvian nationals Roberto Martinez and Piero Meza of www.controlem.com, police said.

After the software was fully developed, it enabled Pune software developer to use the software in India, police said.