Card cloning racket busted, 4 held

Mumbai | Friday | 22nd June, 2018

Summary:

They would obtain banking details of foreign nationals and create clones of their debit or credit cards. more-inThe Mumbai Police Crime Branch has busted a pan-India racket where a gang of four accused were cloning debit and credit cards of foreign nationals using stolen data and using the cards to siphon off money from their accounts. The next step was to obtain card swiping machines from shopkeepers in tourist destinations like Goa, Jaipur and Nainital, where foreign nationals routinely use their debit or credit cards for shopping. According to Crime Branch officers, the lid was blown off the racket after the Property Cell of the Crime Branch received a tip-off. “Working on the information, our personnel arrested four accused who were running the racket..