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Bangkok woman runs Rs.50 mn e-ticketing fraud in India, four held
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December 29, 2008 by Newsdesk/IANS
Delhi Police Sunday said a 50-year-old woman of Indian origin based in Bangkok is suspected to have been running an e-ticket scam worth millions of rupees from India and four people have been arrested in this connection.Naeem Ahmed, 24, Shahid Iqbal, 25, and Feroz Alam, 23, all resident of West Bengal, were arrested from Kolkata Dec 20. Their woman accomplice Kanika Budhiraja, 27, was arrested from Rana Pratap Bagh in the capital Thursday.
Budhiraja’s mother Manjit Kaur alias Karampal Kaur and brother Sanjit Singh, both residents of Bangkok, are suspected to be the brains behind the racket, police said.
Iqbal and Alam run travel agencies in Kolkata.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Neeraj Thakur said the accused used to buy airlines and rail tickets on the internet using credit card details obtained fraudulently.
“Budhiraja’s mother Manjit Kaur used to provide credit card details to Ahmed, who then purchased airline tickets as well as rail tickets using these stolen credit card details on the internet and gave the same to Iqbal and Alam,” Thakur said.
“The two sold these tickets in cash to customers by offering huge discounts. Naeem would then deposit the money in an Axis Bank account for all the stolen credit card details he received from Manjit Kaur via e-mail in Kolkata,” he added.
This account was opened in the name of Budhiraja, who used to withdraw money from it and send it to her mother in Bangkok through illegal channels.
According to police, more than 5,000 airline tickets and train tickets were purchased by the accused using fraudulently obtained details of at least 40 credit cards.
Indian Railways, Indian Airlines, Air Deccan (now Kingfisher Red), Jet Airways, Indigo, Kingfisher Airlines, Spicejet and various banks like American Express, ABN Amro Russia, Citibank USA, Banko Santiago Chile, ANZ Grindlays Bank, ICICI, HSBC, Zion’s Bank and many others were affected due to the fraud estimated to be worth Rs.50 million.
Thakur said the gang has used credit cards of at least 40 national and international banks and the fraud amount could exceed over Rs.50 million.
“The arrests have highlighted certain lacunae in the ticketing system being followed by commercial airlines in India and across the world,” he added.
DEAR SIR, I WAS ALSO CHEATED BY INDIAN-THAI WHO GAVE ME CHEAP TICKETS 3 YEARS BACK. I DID NOT USE THE ORIGINAL TICKETS AREWITH ME. SAME STORY HE USED SLTOLLEN CREDIT CARDS BROUGHT BY MALASIAN. WHO IS NOW CAUGHT IN ABI-DHABI AND FACING JAIL TERM. THE MAN WHO CHEATED ME IS STILL ROAMING FREE, HE AND HIS FATHER WIFE CHILDEN USED TO TRAVEL EVERY THIRD DAY TO INDIA. I HAVE BEEN CHEATED WORTH 125000- BAHT. HOW CAN THESE CULPRITS BEING TO JUSTICE. THEY WERE IN INVOLCED IN FAKE INDIAN CURRECY (FINANCING) THE LADY IS CAUGHT IN DELHI AND FACING JAIL TERM. HOW CAN WE CONTROLL SUCH CRIMES. YOUR PUBLIC WELLWISHER PLS DO NOT PUBLICH MY NAME. I AM ALREADY SENIOUR CITIZEN OF THAILAND AND DO NOT WANT TO TAKE HEADACKE. AS MY WIFE IS BEDRIDDEN AND MY MONEY HAS FRAUDENTLY CHEATED BY THAI-INDIAN AND SINGAPORE-NIGERIAN SCAMS. A CANADIAN MAN WHOSE WIFE IS SINGAPOREN CHEATED ME WORTH 3 ml BAHT. BY SHOW BIG AMOUNT BANK DRAFTS WHICH THEY WILL RECEIVE FOR THE PROJECTS THEY HAVE DONE IN NIGERIA.OH MY GOOD GOD, A SIKH GENTLEMAN WHO HAD BEEN PROFESSOR IN GERMANY MADE POSH OFFICE HERE TEN YRS BACK AND CHEATED ME AND OTHERS WORTH MILLION ON HIS WITS. AND MADE ME POOR ALL MY LIFE SAVINGS GONE. NOW RECENTLY HE WAS SEEN IN SINGAPORE BY MY FRIEND AND PROMISED TO COME BACK TO THAILAND. SEE IF GOD;S MIRACLE CAN BRING HIM IN BANGKOK.
Posted by rashen chadha, on 02/05/2009 at 00:01
Pls give more details of bkk lady her name and address if possible. thanks and rgds=rchadha
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