Two held for illegal ATM transactions
New Delhi Sep 19 PTI Two men were arrested for allegedly committing fraudulent transactions while pretending to help illiterate and elderly persons withdraw cash from ATMs in outer Delhis Nihal Vihar area police said on Sunday They said 16 ATM cards and a swipe machine were recovered from the accused — Sumit 28 and Rohit 19 residents of Sultanpuri in outer Delhi Police received a complaint from a 65-year-old resident of Nihal Vihar on September 4 that he visited an ATM booth near his house to withdraw money on August 27 A man there offered help they said The man inserted the victims ATM card in the machine but returned it saying the card had some technical issue and could not withdraw the money a police officer said However when the victim reached home he found that the ATM card he received from the man was of someone elses After some time when he checked his account details he found that there was an unauthorised transaction of Rs 33923 from his bank account he said Deputy Commissioner of Police Outer Parvinder Singh said We registered a case and began investigation Based on CCTV footage and technical evidence the accused were identified and arrested from Nihal Vihar area During questioning the accused disclosed that they targeted illiterate or elderly persons on the pretext of helping them in ATM booths and exchanged their cards after knowing the PIN and made withdrawals later Singh said PTI AMP AQS AQS
New Delhi Sep 19 PTI Two men were arrested for allegedly committing fraudulent transactions while pretending to help illiterate and elderly persons withdraw cash from ATMs in outer Delhis Nihal Vihar area police said on Sunday They said 16 ATM cards and a swipe machine were recovered from the accused — Sumit 28 and Rohit 19 residents of Sultanpuri in outer Delhi Police received a complaint from a 65-year-old resident of Nihal Vihar on September 4 that he visited an ATM booth near his house to withdraw money on August 27 A man there offered help they said The man inserted the victims ATM card in the machine but returned it saying the card had some technical issue and could not withdraw the money a police officer said However when the victim reached home he found that the ATM card he received from the man was of someone elses After some time when he checked his account details he found that there was an unauthorised transaction of Rs 33923 from his bank account he said Deputy Commissioner of Police Outer Parvinder Singh said We registered a case and began investigation Based on CCTV footage and technical evidence the accused were identified and arrested from Nihal Vihar area During questioning the accused disclosed that they targeted illiterate or elderly persons on the pretext of helping them in ATM booths and exchanged their cards after knowing the PIN and made withdrawals later Singh said PTI AMP AQS AQS
