Cyber crime branch Bhopal has arrested 2 accused, including a Romanian national, the mastermind of an international gang who cloned ATM cards of Bank of Baroda account holders in Bhopal and Indore to withdraw money from Delhi.
Till now, about 200 account holders of Bank of Baroda have been cheated of lakhs of rupees.The accused used to target Bank of Baroda ATMs.
On July 10 Syed Farooq Ali of B.D.A. Colony lodged complaint that fraud has been committed by an unknown person by withdrawing Rs.75000 from his bank account number 35370100001899 through an ATM without sharing any information.
Police registered a case under section 419, 420 of the IPC and found that fraud has been committed by the unknown person with the victim.
Before the incident, the accused recce Bhopal and Indore ATMs. After this they would wait and install a cloning device / skimming device and hidden micro cameras in the ATM and used to steal the data of the ATM card, which is used The accused to clone the cards. With the help of those cloned cards, the accused used to withdraw cash from the Bank of Baroda ATMs in and around Delhi.
To hide their identity, the accused used caps and face masks in the ATMs. They used hired autos to visit ATMs so that the way of movement of the accused could not be cleared and could not be identified. After withdrawing the cash, the accused used to change their city so that the accused could not be caught by the police.
Two accused of an international gang who had cloned and withdrawn money from bank accounts of account holders using cloned ATM cards, were arrested from Delhi, from whom 2 mobile phones, 1 laptop, 3 SIM cards, 4 ATMs used in the crime were seized, 01 Digital M.S.R (Card Preparation Machine) , 1 Digital Multi Meter , 1 ATM Skimmer Device , 1 Video Recording Device , 7 ATM Card Sizes Iron leaf, 1 ATM machine module, 01 passport of the accused were seized
The nabbed accused were identified as Ionel Mieu (50) of Romania, Firoz Ahmed (38) of Mira Road Thane (Maharashtra).