In bid to crack the whip against out-of-State debit/credit card fraudsters who are behind 90 per cent of card related cases, the cyber crime police arrested 13 persons from Jharkhand and West Bengal on Saturday night.
The arrests were made after three police teams were sent to four villages where most of such frauds are committed, said a Central Crime Station (CCS) official.
The teams were sent to Jamtara and Giridih in Jharkhand and two villages in West Bengal. “One of our teams has returned, while the rest are still out there. More than 90% of debit/credit card fraud cases registered by us are committed by people from those villages,” the official added.
The fraudsters call people after they get their basic bank account details. “They transfer money from a victim’s account once he or she is fooled into thinking that the offender is from the bank and after they are asked to give the One Time Password (OTP).”
The cyber crime police would conduct a detailed investigation to also find out how these offenders get bank account details, he said.
“Our hunch is that the bank details are being leaked by outsourcing companies, which are hired by banks to get ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’ details for them. We will look into that aspect and also involve banks this time,” the official said.
The 13 accused were arrested and produced before a magistrate on Saturday.
