Two involved in ATM fraud arrested in Bharuch

Surat: Two persons involved is a series of cases involving the swapping and swiping of the ATM cards have been arrested by the cyber crime cell of Bharuch’s local crime branch (LCB) police on Tuesday.
Ankit Amresh Prasad Singh and Aman Singh—both working in a paper mill in Halvad near Morbi—were arrested in connection with the ATM card swapping incident reported in Bharuch town on December 6, 2019.
Police said that one Ajit Singh, a resident of Bharuch had gone to withdraw money from the SBI ATM kiosk located at Panch Batti area in the town on December 6, 2019. Singh inserted the card in the kiosk, but was unable to withdraw money.
The duo who was standing outside the kiosk offered to help to the victim and in the process noted down his personal identification number. After few minutes, the they informed Singh that they were unable to withdraw money. They (accused) swapped the ATM card with other SBI ATM card and went away from the spot.
To his surprise, Singh received a text message on his mobile phone that Rs 13,500 was withdrawn from his account. He immediately went to the SBI branch where he was informed that the card was registered in some other person’s name and that it was non-operational.
Talking with TOI, police inspector of LCB’s cyber cell, JN Zala said, “It is a classic case of ATM card swapping where the conmen target senior citizens. They would offer help to the victims and get their PIN number in stealthily. They would keep the original card by giving away ATM card of the same bank. Once the victim would leave the kiosk, they would withdraw money from the account”
Zala added, “In the preliminary interrogation, the accused have confessed to their involvement in two more similar crimes in Bharuch. They are also involved in similar crimes reported in Surat, Chikhli, Vapi, Vyara and Ankleshwar.”