Haapur News: Hapur, Uttar Pradesh: The cybercrime police station of Hapur has arrested three vicious accused while busting a large inter -state cyber thug gang. This gang used to make millions of rupees from their accounts by making an adon (additional card) of the credit card of innocent people. The roots of this gang were so deep that it also included an employee of HDFC Bank, who provided the confidential information of the customers to the thugs. Police have recovered 18 credit/debit cards, three mobile phones, fraudulent (fake) receipts and ₹ 1620 cash from the accused.
Fraud of ₹ 14 lakh revealed
Giving information, the police said that Manish, a resident of Krishna Vihar on Meerut Road in the city, had lodged a complaint at the cyber police station on 20 June. Manish said that on May 22, an amount of ₹ 14 lakh was withdrawn in three times from his HDFC Credit Card, which is limited to Rs 14 lakh. After investigation, the shocking revelation was revealed that an adon card was made in the name of Manish, with the help of which it was cheated.
Police action and arrests
CO Varun Mishra said that the team formed under the leadership of Cybercrime in-charge Nazir Khan arrested three accused from the Meerut-Bulandshahr highway. The arrested accused have been identified as Mohit Tyagi (village Rampur, Thana Hafizpur), Pramod (village Mahipur, Thana Khurja, District Bulandshahr) and Aman Aggarwal (Bhagwanpuri). The arrested accused Aman Aggarwal was working in HDFC Bank and provided the adon card of customers to the gang.
On strict interrogation, the accused said that they used to apply the credit card of the innocent people through HDFC Bank’s app. Bank worker Aman used to provide them this card. Subsequently, cash was withdrawn from the credit card through the public service center. To assure customers, these thugs used to prepare fake receipts of the concerned bank and send them to their mobile numbers. The three accused together distributed the amount of cheating of ₹ 14 lakh among themselves. Police believe that the gang may also be active in other districts and states, which is under investigation.
Seizure
18 credit/debit cards, 3 mobile phones, fraudulent receipts and ₹ 1620 cash have been recovered from the arrested accused. The accused have admitted that they have spent the remaining amount of cheating.
