Cops nab petrol pump owner from Rajasthan in card cloning racket

MUMBAI: A Rajasthan-based petrol pump owner was arrested on Saturday for his alleged role in a case of card cloning of a Sakinaka resident, Deepak Dobal that was procured after the fraudster got in touch with him on the pretext of buying the old furniture that he wanted to sell online.
The fraudster made Dobal scan a QR Code on the pretext of transferring money through UPI, but hacked into his bank account and transferred Rs1.35 lakh from his wife’s bank account, said the police.During probe, the Sakinaka police cyber team led by Sunita Bhosale found out that out of the total Rs1.35 lakh the fraudster swiped a cloned card three times to buy petrol worth Rs 65,000 from the accused Hirendra Choudhari’s Siddhivinayal Petrol Pump in Ajmer. Choudhari was produced before the Bandra Court on Saturday and he is remanded in custody till June 15.
Choudhari was arrested after he failed to give a valid reason for selling petrol worth Rs 65,000 at one go to one person in January. “Choudhari is part of a racket that is involved in online fraud. The modus operandi the racket operates is, they target people who place ads online to sell old furniture or any valuables. They siphon money after making the victims scan the QR Code. The fraudster shares the card details to the gang member who then makes a clone card and it is used in withdrawing money. In Dobal’s case, similar modus operandi has been executed,” said Sakinaka police senior inspector Balwant Deshmukh.