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Cyber fraud case in Uttar Pradesh: New cases of cyber fraud are coming to light every day. Cyber criminals deceive the ignorant public. Now the police has exposed a gang which was duping people in a completely filmy style. They empty the bank accounts of people without their knowledge. You must have seen the Hollywood film 'Catch Me If You Can'. Leonardo DiCaprio is in the film. In this English film, the style of the 1960s was adopted to deceive people. Uttar Pradesh Police has busted a gang in the same style.
10 people were arrested
In Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh, police have arrested a gang of 10 people who used to cheat innocent people of crores of rupees. They used to withdraw money from bank accounts in a filmy style and the bank and the customer did not even know about it. These people used cloning cheques for fraud. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shlok Kumar gave this information.
These people were involved
The SSP said that the arrested gang members were generator operators of some banks, who had leaked the data. Apart from this, there were also agents of telecom companies, who used to transfer SIM cards. There were some people who had money deposited in their bank accounts.
This is how they stole
Police have told that this gang used to steal the cheque books of bank customers in a very clever manner. They used to steal the cheque books before they were printed and reached the bank. Later, when the customer applied for a new cheque book, the gang used to steal the details of the new cheque book and make fake cheque books before the new cheque book was distributed. Later, they used to commit fraud by withdrawing money from the account by forging their signatures in the cheque book. The gang used to print new cheque book details by removing the old details from the cheque book using special chemicals. Along with this, they used to withdraw money by forging the signatures of the customers.
The complaint revealed a fraud of Rs 15 lakh
A case of cyber fraud of Rs 15 lakh with a local person came to light and investigation of the case was started. Cyber criminals cleverly stole Rs 15 lakh using the customer's cheque without his knowledge. The complainant told that he received a message from the bank that the amount has been withdrawn from his account. When the customer got his passbook updated, he came to know that Rs 15 lakh has been withdrawn from his bank account. This is an organized gang and its members work as a team. They do this in any company or office. They used to work in a very planned way to cheat people, first they used to get the details of the person from the bank, later they used to get a new SIM card with the mobile number registered in the name of that person and used to operate the bank account using fake documents.
Cyber fraudsters used to pretend that the owner had died and buy the old number in the name of a new person. Later, after obtaining bank details etc., they used to transfer the money through OTP. The robbers used to transfer the fraudulent amount to various bank accounts. Due to which it was difficult to track them and it was also difficult to recover them. Those who were investing in land etc. with the fraudulent money.
Items including 42 phones, 33 SIM cards were seized
The police have seized 42 mobile phones from him. 33 SIM cards, 12 cheque books, 20 pass books and 14 open cheques have also been seized. Apart from this, the police have also seized a car, on whose dashboard a Delhi Police cap is installed. With the help of this they can avoid security checks etc. A walkie-talkie has also been recovered from him. This gang was active in many parts of the country including Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh.