In the country’s capital Delhi, the police has arrested a person who used to cheat people in the name of getting and activating credit cards. Officials said on Friday that Delhi Police has arrested a 34-year-old accused who used to cheat people on the pretext of activating credit cards by sending fake links.
According to the news agency, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Ankit Chauhan said, ‘A complaint was received that a fraudster contacted a person posing as a bank official and offered to help in activating a new credit card.’
Cheated in the name of activating credit card
The DCP said, ‘The complainant told that the accused sent him an application link and asked him to enter his credit card credentials. Chauhan said, “As soon as he entered his card credentials, he was defrauded of more than Rs 99,000 in two separate transactions.”
Police said an FIR has been registered and further investigation has been initiated. “Analysis of the money trails led the team to find that the defrauded amount was transferred to a bank account and Rs 14,500 was withdrawn through an ATM at a service station,” the DCP said.
The police laid a trap and caught the thug
With the help of CCTV footage, the accused was identified as Deepak Kumar and a trap was laid to catch him. An officer calling Deepak Kumar posing as a service station employee asked him to come for questioning. The DCP said he was arrested on Tuesday.
11 debit, four Aadhaar and two voter cards recovered from the thug
Five mobile phones, 11 debit cards, four Aadhaar cards, two voter cards, Rs 60,000 in cash and a car have been seized from him. The officer said that the police also came to know that he was previously involved in different cyber fraud cases in 2017 and 2021.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)