Debit card fraud: 7 Delhiites arrested

Debit card fraud: 7 Delhiites arrested
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City Cyber Crime police on Saturday arrested seven persons, including four students, hailing from Delhi in separate cases on the charges of committing debit and credit card fraud and also indulging in fake job offers scams. According to the police, basing on a complaint received from Mohammed Shashuddin, a daily wage labourer from Bowenpally that some unknown persons called him and asked him to cl

Hyderabad: City Cyber Crime police on Saturday arrested seven persons, including four students, hailing from Delhi in separate cases on the charges of committing debit and credit card fraud and also indulging in fake job offers scams. According to the police, basing on a complaint received from Mohammed Shashuddin, a daily wage labourer from Bowenpally that some unknown persons called him and asked him to claim the bonus on his LIC policy and lured him to deposit Rs 35,000 as processing fees.

During investigation, the police team traced the offenders to Noida and held two students Vikas Goel (24) and Sonu Tayal (24) and seized three mobile phones, several passbooks and ATM cards. The duo were brought to city and sent to judicial remand.In another case, basing on a complaint lodged by Uday Kiran Meka (28) of Ameerpet, one Mohammed Shahbaj alias Monu of Delhi was arrested for collecting Rs 3.35 lakh the complainant on the pretext of providing security-free loans.

The accused was also involved in a case of cheating unemployed youth across the country and collected huge sums of money from the job aspirants. He was brought to Hyderabad and remanded in judicial custody. In another case, E Rama Krishna (39), a mechanical engineer from SR Nagar, was cheated by a Noida gang. The complainant paid Rs 4.77 lakh to the accused on the promise that they would get job for him in Singapore.

The team had tracked the mobile numbers and arrested Satya Prakash Tripathi alias Sumit Tiwari and Anunay Raj of Noida. They were remanded in judicial custody after being brought to the city on transit warrant.Two students from Delhi Puneet Bhola (20) and Zameer Ahmed (19) were arrested on the charges of fraudulent transfer of money from the bank account of M Rajitha Reddy of Jubilee Hills. They had siphoned off Rs 1.8 lakh from her account and the team could recover Rs 64,000 from them,” said
the police.

Detective Department Joint Commissioner T Prabhakar Rao on Saturday said several notorious gangs are operating from Delhi and Noida to lure gullible public and siphon off money from them. “Banks never ask for personal details of the customer. Public are cautioned about such calls,” the joint Commissioner said.

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