Two conmen held for Rs 20Lakh ATM fraud

  • | Monday | 1st October, 2018

The SOG officials recovered Rs9.49 lakh cash.tnn After obtaining the PIN number, they would either withdraw or transfer the cash in their own accounts, using another ATM card,” said Junagadh SOG inspector J M Vala.After about 150 complaints were lodged, the SOG officials sought CCTV footages of the ATM kiosks. We traced their cellphone numbers and also found out a transaction of money transfer. RAJKOT: Two conmen were arrested on Saturday evening for ATM fraud worth Rs20 lakh.Junagadh special operation group (SOG) officials arrested Sandeep Kaushik (30) from Dehradun in Uttarakhand and Shantanu Sharma (30) from Manasa in Gandhinagar district.The accused duo would allegedly insert a streamer device in the ATM card slot before the victims arrived to use their card at ATM kiosks. “The streamer device would block the transaction.

RAJKOT: Two conmen were arrested on Saturday evening for ATM fraud worth Rs20 lakh.Junagadh special operation group (SOG) officials arrested Sandeep Kaushik (30) from Dehradun in Uttarakhand and Shantanu Sharma (30) from Manasa in Gandhinagar district.The accused duo would allegedly insert a streamer device in the ATM card slot before the victims arrived to use their card at ATM kiosks. “The streamer device would block the transaction. Then they would ask the victims for their PIN numbers. After obtaining the PIN number, they would either withdraw or transfer the cash in their own accounts, using another ATM card,” said Junagadh SOG inspector J M Vala.After about 150 complaints were lodged, the SOG officials sought CCTV footages of the ATM kiosks. “Kaushik and Sharma were seen in several CCTV footages. We traced their cellphone numbers and also found out a transaction of money transfer. On the basis of these, we traced the accused,” added Vala. The SOG officials recovered Rs9.49 lakh cash.tnn

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