Gang dealing in cloning of ATM cards busted

Prayagraj: A joint team of crime branch and Kotwali police of Pratapgarh on Tuesday busted an inter-state gang involved in cloning of ATM cards and arrested four of its key members near Bada Purwa Nahar pulia.
The police also recovered an ATM cloning machine, MSR machine, RFID device, 38 ATM card readers, a laptop, 12 cheque books, seven passbooks, car, scooty, two country made pistols of 0.315 bore along with 20 live cartridges, four mobile phones, charging cable, mouse, 1350 cash and other valuables from their possession.
The arrested persons were identified as Nem Chandra Saroj of Jethwara, Kapil Verma of Badni, Rajendra Singh alias Kalloo Don of Mohanganj and Krishnaveer Singh Yadav alias Krishna of Sariyapur.
Pratapgarh SP Abhishek Singh said, “Acting upon a specific tip off that four members of an inter-state gang involved in cloning of ATM cards were moving on Mohanganj road with an intention to dupe customers, a joint team of crime branch and Kotwali police cordoned the road and nabbed four of the members along with a car and a scooty.” “The gang members were operating in different states for the past seven years and one-Nem Chandra is the kingpin of the gang,” he added.
SP said the police had also been looking for other gang members, including Ankit Singh alias Shivendra Singh, a resident of Jethwara.
The gang used to target customers who were not well aware about the functioning of ATMs at crowded ATM kiosks. The gang members in a bid to offer help to such persons used to scan their ATM card with the help of Device DX 3 and another gang member used to decode the code. Later they connected the device with their laptop to make a clone of the ATM card.
The miscreants had obtained the card cloning machine through an online website and other parts from Chandauli district. The gang was operating since 2013 and claimed to have duped over 600 customers in states like Delhi, Maharastra, MP and Bihar. The prime accused Nem Chandra had completed his post graduate diploma in computer application and worked in marketing division of an MNC.