Coimbatore: A 32-year-old man from Cheran Maa Nagar was arrested by the cybercrime cell of the city police on Friday evening for allegedly siphoning off Rs 2.40 lakh from a Poland national's bank account. Police claimed that the Poland national's credit card details were stolen using skimmer device in Poland and sent to Coimbatore-based group who cloned the details and transferred the amount to the arrested person's bank account. A gang has been involved in the crime and the cybercrime cell of the city police formed a special team to nab them.
"The gang has international links. They have credit card details of people from China, Poland and many other countries. We are trying to establish their international contacts and the mastermind of the crime is still absconding," said a senior police officer.
The arrested person has been identified as S Karthikeyan, 32, of Cheran Maa Nagar. He had completed B.Sc (Maths). Police said he had opened a current account in a Federal Bank branch at Pappanaickenplayam in the name of Karthick Traders. He told the bank officials that he has been engaged with textile business. He also got a swiping machine from the bank for the current account and told the bank officials that most of his customers were using only debit/credit cards only.
He had swiped Rs 2.40 lakh from a credit card in various installments in August and September 2017. Meanwhile, a Poland national had approached his bank in his country complaining that someone had taken away money from his bank account without his knowledge. It was found that the amount was withdrawn by Karthick Traders and the bank authorities immediately informed Federal Bank, Coimbatore, who lodged a complaint with the cybercrime cell police, Coimbatore.
The police picked up Karthikeyan for inquiry. He confessed that he had taken Rs 2.40 lakh by using a cloned credit card. The police registered a case against Karthikeyan under sections 419 (punishment for cheating by personation), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 471 (using as genuine a forged) and 66 (c), (d) of the Information Technology Act. The police arrested Karthikeyan and remanded him in judicial custody. He was later lodged at the Coimbatore central prison. A special team has been formed to nab the absconding accused.
"The gang has international links. They have credit card details of people from China, Poland and many other countries. We are trying to establish their international contacts and the mastermind of the crime is still absconding," said a senior police officer.
The arrested person has been identified as S Karthikeyan, 32, of Cheran Maa Nagar. He had completed B.Sc (Maths). Police said he had opened a current account in a Federal Bank branch at Pappanaickenplayam in the name of Karthick Traders. He told the bank officials that he has been engaged with textile business. He also got a swiping machine from the bank for the current account and told the bank officials that most of his customers were using only debit/credit cards only.
He had swiped Rs 2.40 lakh from a credit card in various installments in August and September 2017. Meanwhile, a Poland national had approached his bank in his country complaining that someone had taken away money from his bank account without his knowledge. It was found that the amount was withdrawn by Karthick Traders and the bank authorities immediately informed Federal Bank, Coimbatore, who lodged a complaint with the cybercrime cell police, Coimbatore.
The police picked up Karthikeyan for inquiry. He confessed that he had taken Rs 2.40 lakh by using a cloned credit card. The police registered a case against Karthikeyan under sections 419 (punishment for cheating by personation), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 471 (using as genuine a forged) and 66 (c), (d) of the Information Technology Act. The police arrested Karthikeyan and remanded him in judicial custody. He was later lodged at the Coimbatore central prison. A special team has been formed to nab the absconding accused.
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