The CCB officials said that Mohammed Ali, 29, was arrested following a complaint lodged by Karthik, a theatre owner from Kodaikanal. Following this, the theatre owner permitted him to put up a stall in front of his theatre last year. Mr.
Karthik, the theatre owner, lodged a complaint with the cyber crime cell of the Chennai police. He then prepared fake credit/debit cards in Chennai and withdrew the money from the customers’ accounts, the police said. Posing as a representative of mobile wallet companies, the accused secretly collected credit/debit cards details of customers who visited the theatres, using skimmer machines..