Kaithal cops crack down on cybercriminals, 11 held for credit card fraud

In a major breakthrough against cybercrime, the Kaithal police have arrested 11 persons involved in credit card fraud. As per the police, the arrests were made during an investigation of a case registered at the Cybercrime Police Station.

The accused were identified as Sakshi, Khushboo, Avishka, Pardeep Kumar, Mohit, Virender Singh, Rohit, Sahil, Nitin, Ayush, and Sahib, all residents of Delhi. They were arrested by Sub-Inspector Ravinder Singh and his

team members.

The case was filed on the basis of a complaint by Gaurav, a resident of Patti Afghan, Kaithal. On December 18, 2024, Gaurav received a call from an unknown number. The caller, a woman, posed as an official from a reputed bank and offered to increase his credit card limit. Gaurav, convinced by the caller’s knowledge of his credit card details, shared an OTP and later sent photos of his PAN and credit cards for the KYC verification.

Subsequently, he was asked to join a WhatsApp video call, during which the camera was kept off. He was instructed to click on the three dots on the screen and enable screen sharing.Moments later, Rs 70,384 was fraudulently withdrawn from his credit card account.

After investigation, the police found that the accused were operating a fake call centre in Delhi and had been committing similar cyber frauds targeting the general public. All 11 persons were already arrested by the Faridabad police in a separate case and were lodged in a jail. The Kaithal cybercrime team obtained production warrants through the court to arrest the accused.

For further investigation, the court granted two-day police remand for the key accused Pardeep and Sahil, while the remaining were sent to judicial custody.

Complaint filed in 2024

The case was filed on the basis of a complaint by Gaurav, a resident of Patti Afghan, Kaithal. On December 18, 2024, Gaurav received a call from an unknown number. The caller, a woman, posed as an official from a reputed bank and offered to increase his credit card limit. Gaurav, convinced by the caller’s knowledge, shared an OTP and later sent photos of his PAN and credit cards for the KYC verification. Moments later,

Rs 70,384 was withdrawn from his credit card account.