NOIDA: The Noida Police on Saturday said it has arrested four persons, including a delivery executive of e-commerce firms, who allegedly cheated several people by swapping their debit cards on the pretext of helping them with withdrawals at ATM kiosks. is cheated.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Ranvijay Singh said that the accused, who have been working as a gang since 2019, will also clone ATM cards of gullible people using skimmers.
Police said they have seized 42 ATM cards, 41 Aadhar cards and 13 mobile phones from the gang’s possession and estimated that the fraud committed by them could be worth crores of rupees, but the exact details of the finances are being ascertained. Is.
The gang has been busted by officials of Sector 58 police station under the supervision of ACP (Noida 2) Rajneesh Verma, Singh said, adding that the mastermind of the group has been identified but he is absconding.
“One person, Jai Prakash Verma was arrested earlier and when he was probed, his bank account showed transactions worth Rs 34.50 lakh in the last two years, raising suspicion on his activities. The matter was investigated and His three other associates were also arrested.” Singh told reporters.
Police said the gang has three ways to dupe people.
“They would stand at an ATM kiosk and wait for some gullible person to make a withdrawal. There, on the pretext of helping that person, they would note down their PIN code and secretly pass their ATM card to their home. They used to exchange money together. Later, they used to withdraw. Money using stolen ATM cards,” Singh said.
“The gang also had ATM cloning machines which they used to clone the cards. They not only used the cloned cards for illegal withdrawals, but also used the bank accounts of targeted persons to carry out financial transactions,” the official said. Also used the description.”
Elaborating on the third method, Verma said, “One of the accused, Jai Prakash, worked as a delivery executive for e-commerce companies. During the delivery of the items, he used to carry the cloning machine and make the payment. Used to insist on swiping customers’ cards for
The ACP also cautioned people to be cautious while doing financial transactions with strangers or online.
Meanwhile, Singh said that the police have also recovered some fake Aadhaar cards from the accused, which were used to facilitate fraudulent transactions for opening bank accounts.
Police have recovered 42 ATM cards, each with transactions worth Rs 34 to 35 lakh, suggesting large-scale fraud by the gang, the details of which are being probed.
The arrested people have been identified as Jai Prakash Verma, Armaan, Tito Das and Neeraj Kumar, police said.
An FIR was registered in the case under sections 420 (cheating), 467, 468, and 471 (related to forgery), 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, while the accused were booked under the provisions of the Information Technology Act, police A case has also been registered. added.
Police have urged people to immediately report cyber fraud on the dedicated helpline number 1930 or 112.
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