The accused used to re-swap cards of the customers and noted down their last four digits, PIN and bank name.
An
employee of a central Delhi
restaurant has been arrested for allegedly cloning
debit and credit cards of customers and duping them of nearly Rs
4 lakh, police said Wednesday.
The
accused has been identified as Pankaj Kumar, they said.
On
February 14, a private bank filed a case that few of their customers
who were having credit and debit cards have reported disputed
transactions. Moreover, the cards were in possession of the customers
at the time of those transactions, Madhur Verma, Deputy Commissioner
of Police (New Delhi), said.
During
investigation, it was revealed that one restaurant in Connaught Place
was the common point of purchase for all the cards. Police matched
all the dates when the cards were compromised at that restaurant and
found that Pankaj, a steward staff, was the person who had attended
all the customers whose cards had disputed transactions, the officer
said.
Thereafter,
police laid a trap at the restaurant and apprehended Pankaj and one
screamer was recovered from him, he said.
During
interrogation, he told police that he learnt to clone cards from one
Rahul, the officer said.
He
used to re-swap cards of the customers and noted down their last four
digits, PIN and bank name. He handed over the screamer having data of
cards and other details to Rahul, police said.
They
were acting cleverly and didn't use the cloned card for one month so
that no one would doubt about their card being compromised at that
restaurant, Verma said.
Total
Rs 3,75,300 were transferred from the accounts, Verma said, adding
police are looking to nab Rahul.
