Haryana youth arrested on charge of cyber fraud

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 19

The Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of the UT police has arrested a Haryana youth for duping a woman of Rs. 83,979 by posing as an SBI official.

The suspect has been identified as Vikas (23), alias Vicky Kumar, a resident of Fatehabad district.

The complainant had reported that she had received a call from an unknown person to settle the refund issue related to her SBI credit card. The suspect posed as an SBI official and told the victim that her credit card was already blocked. The suspect asked her to share the details of all the credit cards she had. As soon as the victim shared the details, a sum of Rs. 83,979 was deduced from her RBL credit card.

A case was registered and the suspect was nabbed. The police said three mobile phones used in the crime were recovered from him. “The suspect used prepaid SIM cards of other states, including Assam and Odisha. He used to transfer money in bank accounts opened on fake address,” said a police official.

The suspect is in police remand till April 23. —

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