Debit card-cloning gang busted, 3 held

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, March 5

The cyber cell of the local police has claimed to have busted a gang involved in financial fraud through cloning of debit cards, after the arrest of three persons recently.

DCP (HQ) Arpit Jain said here today that the accused identified as Mubarik, Arif and Majhar, have been arrested by the cops in connection with an incident that took place a month ago in which the accused got transferred an amount of Rs 3.4 lakh illegally from the account of one Prambhajan Singh of Sector 23 here, after cloning his debit card.

He said while Mubarik hailed from Rajasthan, Arif and Majhar were residents of Ballabgarh and Ferozpur Zirka town of Nuh district. Claiming that the arrested accused had admitted their involvement in at least 20 different cases, he said the amount withdrawn by them in a fraudulent manner was over Rs 20 lakh.

Around 50 debit cards, Rs 1.93 lakh and two schemer devices have been recovered. All accused were remanded to judicial custody.