The Navi Mumbai police cyber cell members on Monday finally nabbed the third person wanted in the case of credit card cloning of Reliance Industries director Niraj Ambani.
The accused, identified as Jayant Gowda, had been on the run since cops nabbed the first accused involved in the case, Faizi Raza, on January 31. During a search, the cops also seized blank credit cards, machinery used for skimming and data transfer, and laptops from Raza's Mira Road residence.
During interrogation, Raza revealed that he had used the card along with an accomplice, Mehul Shah, a resident of Vasai. They had used Ambani's card at four outlets in Thane and bought high-end mobiles worth Rs 2 lakh from the money on December 26. Shah was also arrested later.
When Ambani was alerted by the bank, he realised the shopping was done using a card that he had already destroyed. The bank had even issued him the new card. He then filed a complaint with the Navi Mumbai cyber cell.
Investigation revealed involvement of a card-cloning gang, which had connections with international racketeers and people working for them at several locations in India.
"Gowda's arrest might help us get more details about the gang. This is not his first offence and he has a criminal record of similar cases against him in Mumbai and Thane. Also, Thane police have arrested Shah and Raza earlier as well for cloning cards. Gowda provided Shah and Raza with data required to clone an existing card," said Police Inspector Pratibha Shendge.
She added, "We had been on Gowda's trail since Raza's arrest, but he had been evading us by changing his location all the time. Finally, we received a tip-off from an informer on Monday that he was in Dahisar. We immediately took him into custody. Detailed interrogation has not been started yet.
During initial interrogation, he revealed the name of a person, Raju, who operates from Gujarat and works with some African nationals operating from overseas."
Meanwhile, cops suspect that several other people are involved in the gang.
"Skimming is just one modus operandi used to clone cards. We have seized a magnetic card reader used for cloning by the accused and sent it to the Forensic Science laboratory (FSL) to get details of the data stored and accessed through it. This will help us get details of cards that they have cloned till date," said DCP Shrikant Pathak from Navi Mumbai crime branch.
The accused, identified as Jayant Gowda, had been on the run since cops nabbed the first accused involved in the case, Faizi Raza, on January 31. During a search, the cops also seized blank credit cards, machinery used for skimming and data transfer, and laptops from Raza's Mira Road residence.
During interrogation, Raza revealed that he had used the card along with an accomplice, Mehul Shah, a resident of Vasai. They had used Ambani's card at four outlets in Thane and bought high-end mobiles worth Rs 2 lakh from the money on December 26. Shah was also arrested later.
When Ambani was alerted by the bank, he realised the shopping was done using a card that he had already destroyed. The bank had even issued him the new card. He then filed a complaint with the Navi Mumbai cyber cell.
Investigation revealed involvement of a card-cloning gang, which had connections with international racketeers and people working for them at several locations in India.
"Gowda's arrest might help us get more details about the gang. This is not his first offence and he has a criminal record of similar cases against him in Mumbai and Thane. Also, Thane police have arrested Shah and Raza earlier as well for cloning cards. Gowda provided Shah and Raza with data required to clone an existing card," said Police Inspector Pratibha Shendge.
She added, "We had been on Gowda's trail since Raza's arrest, but he had been evading us by changing his location all the time. Finally, we received a tip-off from an informer on Monday that he was in Dahisar. We immediately took him into custody. Detailed interrogation has not been started yet.
During initial interrogation, he revealed the name of a person, Raju, who operates from Gujarat and works with some African nationals operating from overseas."
Meanwhile, cops suspect that several other people are involved in the gang.
"Skimming is just one modus operandi used to clone cards. We have seized a magnetic card reader used for cloning by the accused and sent it to the Forensic Science laboratory (FSL) to get details of the data stored and accessed through it. This will help us get details of cards that they have cloned till date," said DCP Shrikant Pathak from Navi Mumbai crime branch.
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