Eight held for credit card fraud
October 20th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Eight people were arrested here for fraudulently obtaining credit cards and duping banks of nearly Rs.35 lakh, police said Thursday.
Sunder Kumar, Vikas Malik, Ashok Kumar, Pramod Kumar, Jitender Gulati, Raj Karan, Paramjit Singh and Hari Prakash were arrested Wednesday. They were held following a complaint by HDFC Bank.
Sunder Kumar and Vikas Malik floated a fictitious computer software company - Comviva Technologies in north Delhi. They opened six bank accounts in HDFC Bank and in ICICI Bank using fictitious names with the help of forged documents.
They then took two electronic data capturing (EDC) devices - used for swiping and reading credit and debit cards - from the banks.
They then used fictitious identities and forged documents to get credit cards. They also roped in Ashok Kumar, an employee of company that conducted verification for HDFC Bank credit cards.
After that they involved Pramod Kumar and Hari Prakash, delivery boys of the a courier company that delivered the credit cards. The boys provided them cards issued by the bank.
Jatinder Gulati, Raj Karan and Paramjit Singh also obtained credit cards with the help of Ashok Kumar and Pramod Kumar and Hari Prakash. These cards were also misused.
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