Cyber criminal booked for credit card fraud

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Aishbagh police have booked a cyber criminal for transactions  of Rs 118500 from a photographer’s credit card on April 9; a complaint was lodged by the victim on Thursday.

Naresh Kushwaha of Naveen Nagar works as a photographer and was duped to the tune of over Rs 1 lakh which was done using his credit card of Axis bank. 

Investigating Officer ASI K S Thakur said that the victim received OTP messages on April 7 which were for Rs 7500 and when he checked statement nothing was updated on the same day but when he took statement for making payment on April 13, transactions were reflected in the statement as they were updated.

There were 16 transactions, 15 transactions were worth Rs 7500 while 16th transaction was worth Rs 6000. The total amount fraudulently used by the accused was Rs 118500, he added.

The victim informed the bank regarding the fraud and lodged complaint regarding the fraudulent transactions which were not done by him. After the bank process were done victim reached Aishbagh police on Thursday and lodged complaint. Based on the complaint  police have registered a case under sections 420, 66 C, 66 D IT and have started investigation.

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