Software engineer arrested in a credit card racket
New
Delhi: Anmol Gupta, software engineer by profession and a mastermind
of a huge credit card racket today landed in a jail after Delhi Police
Special Cell busted his racket that cheated 150 credit card owners to
a tune of rupees 35 lakhs. Booked under four charges including section
420 of the Indian Penal Code, Gupta also known as Alankar Aggarwal diverted
money from numerous credit card accounts to his multiple accounts through
online transactions. The Special cell of Delhi Police today also seized
52 credit and debit cards with International driving licence, 11 cheque
books and 3 Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards from Gupta's residence.
The modus operandi of this software engineer who once also worked in a
Gurgoan call centre was very simple. He used to open multiple bank accounts
under fake names and used to visit various branches of the multinational
banks where the credit cards were used frequently. Due to his good memory
and a unique technique he used to remember the 16 digit card number by
just having a glance of it. After that he used to use these numbers for
online shopping and for transferring funds to his fake accounts. Using
his software skills to hilt, he used to generate valid and active credit
card numbers in which he used to transfer money and finally withdraw cash
from numerous ATM machines. Since he did not targeted one specific group
or city specific customers it became very difficult for the police to
trace him. However, on Friday a fraud control unit of a multinational
bank reported Police that one person is making an enquiry about the status
of one suspected account. Special Cell police personnel rushed to the
branch and quickly nabbed him. On interrogation Gupta accepted of carrying
out the fraudulent techniques that he adopted in cheating the bonafide
credit card owners. Further investigations are on to nab others who may
be involved in this racket.
- Mar 4, 2006
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