Vizag: 3 arrested for cheating by obtaining ATM card data

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Press Trust of India Visakhapatnam
Last Updated : Feb 18 2015 | 10:25 PM IST
Police today arrested two men for cheating a businessman out of Rs 97,000 by persuading him to part with ATM card details and PIN.
The two arrested accused were identified as Mohammad Furkan Ansari (24) and Subhash Baramwal (35), both from Jharkhand. Bhagirath Mandal, another accused, was still at large, police said.
ADCP (crime) S Varada Raju said that on January 5, V Veera Raju, who is in steel and cement business, approached the cyber crime investigation cell claiming that a man posing as an employee of SBI had called him on the previous day.
He talked Veera Raju into giving his ATM card details.
The next day Veera Raju received 14 text messages informing him of transactions through his ATM card. A total of Rs 97,810 had been withdrawn from his account through online transaction, he found out.
A police team led by inspector K Satyanarayana Rao zeroed in on Mandal, his friend Ansari and Subhash Baramwal who offers mobile phone and DTH recharges.
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First Published: Feb 18 2015 | 10:25 PM IST

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