Chandigarh, May 2, 2023 (Yes Punjab News)
The ‘ATM Fraud Investigation Cell’ of Haryana State Crime Branch has nabbed five accused in two different untraced cases of ATM fraud in Faridabad district. Police have also recovered Rs 2.36 lakh in cash from their possession.
The arrested accused used to station themselves outside ATM kiosks and pretended to stand in a queue to withdraw money. They used to change debit cards on the pretext of helping the victims and later withdrew money from the ATM through shopping or POS machines.
Sharing the information here today, a Haryana Police spokesperson informed that in the first case, police has arrested Goverdhan, a resident of Palwal district and his two aides identified as Krishan and Lakshman aka Lacchi. All three accused fraudulently withdrew Rs 5,55,684 from bank account of a woman by changing her ATM on the pretext of assistance in Faridabad.
After getting a complaint in this regard, a case was registered at Thana Mujesar, Faridabad. However, despite the best efforts of the local police, the case was declared untraceable in March 2021. The untraced case was handed over to the State Crime Branch, Haryana. On which the State Crime Branch started working and arrested accused.
Police has recovered Rs 92500 from Goverdhan, while Rs 17500 and Rs 24500 were recovered from Krishan and Lakshman respectively. Apart from this, due to the objection raised by the State Crime Branch at the time of bail, Rs 1 lakh was also recovered from the accused on the orders of the court.
In a separate case, ATM Fraud Investigation Cell has succeeded in arresting two accused identified as Sandeep and Mohammad Shazaad alias Shahid, linked to a fraud case. Both the accused fraudulently withdrew Rs 58000 from the bank account of an Uttar Pradesh native, presently residing in Faridabad in January 2022. Police has recovered Rs 1500 from them. (Agency)
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