Credit card fraud: 4 arrested in Delhi

by time news

The Delhi Police has arrested a gang of four who were involved in defrauding the public on the pretext of returning credit card points.

In this regard, the Delhi Police said on Thursday: A complaint was received at the Rohini Internet Division Police Station regarding this fraud issue. In it, ‘Last June 25, the complainant received a text message on his mobile phone regarding receiving credit card points from ICICI Bank. When he clicked on the link in the SMS, an ICICI Bank-like app associated with that link was downloaded on his mobile. After completing the details asked in the app, it was revealed that Rs.59,401 was deducted from the complainant’s ICICI Bank credit card and fraud was committed.

Subsequently, a special force was formed to nab the nabs involved in this scam. Pavind Yadav (26) was arrested. His accomplices Ravi Shankar, Amit Mishra and Bhavna were also arrested recently. Earlier, Pavind Yadav had given details of clients to Bhavna in this matter. Using them, Bavna contacted the customers with the promise of getting points for their credit cards and scammed them. Further investigation revealed that the fraudulent money was transferred to the account of a petrol pump in Rohini area.

Following this, the police used the Intelligence Unit website to identify one of the accused nabs, Ravi Shankar, who works as a sales clerk at a petrol pump in Rohini. It came to light that Shankar used to receive the fraudulent money in the account of the petrol pump and he used to give the money due to his share to other members of the fraud gang.

Following this, he was arrested at the petrol pump. Similarly, Amit Mishra was arrested when he went to collect money from Shankar. Mishra told the police that Mishra’s sister Bhavna and his friend Yadav used to send him to collect money from Shankar. Following this, Bhavna was arrested.

Bhavna confessed to the police that Pavind Yadav was the mastermind behind the scam. After this, Pavind Yadav, who left Vijay Vihar, was arrested while he was hiding in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. Police said that two mobile phones and 3 debit cards used for fraud were seized from this gang.

You may also like

Leave a Comment