Gang that cleans accounts by replacing ATM cards busted, 2 arrested…
Achieving a major success, Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has busted an interstate gang of thugs who used to withdraw money from people's accounts by replacing ATM cards. STF has arrested the kingpin of this gang Dilshad Khan and his accomplice Mohammad Mohsin from Naini area of Prayagraj. This gang was wanted in a case registered in Palghar district of Maharashtra.
STF had received information from maharashtra Police that both the accused were hiding in Prayagraj. After this, a joint team of STF Prayagraj Unit and maharashtra Police nabbed both of them near the RTO office in Naini on 13 April.
A bag, two mobile phones, an aadhar card and Rs 5500 cash have been recovered from the arrested accused. During interrogation, the accused told that they work to withdraw money from people's accounts by replacing their ATM cards. This gang especially targeted crowded ATM booths, where there were no security guards and people were not very familiar with technology.
people like Dilshad and Mohsin used to pretend to help the elderly and less educated people standing in the ATM queue. As soon as these people entered the PIN, the gang members would note down the PIN without their knowledge and quickly give them a cloned ATM card instead of the original ATM. Then after going some distance, they would withdraw the entire amount from the account using that card.
This case started from Palghar district of maharashtra, where on march 25, Rs 70,000 were withdrawn from the account of an elderly person from an Indus bank ATM in Vasai. Earlier on march 23, a similar incident had happened in Raigad district, in which Rs 49,000 were withdrawn by changing the card from an Axis bank ATM.
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