Police have uncovered a cyber crime network in Kashmir Valley and arrested four individuals, including two non-state residents, involved in siphoning funds from bank accounts by using tampered and cloned credit and debit cards, according to Greater Kashmir.
A police official said the gang duped people across India’s mainland by hacking their e-banking accounts and later using the cloned credit and debit cards for money transactions. Authorities were able to recover 18 cloned debit and credit cards of a number of banks like State Bank of India, HDFC and Citi Bank.
The fraud was discovered after a victim recently filed a police complaint. The complainant, a local jeweler, told the police about a fraudulent digital transaction made from his shop.
So far, the investigations have revealed that a Mumbai resident, a “techie” named Sumair, is the alleged kingpin of this e-crime racket, police officials told media in Kashmir Valley. Authorities said the suspect is on the run, but they have arrested four other “ground workers” of the crime network
The police are also investigating an international connection as well, with a Nigerian national who is accused of being involved in the case.
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