New Delhi: A group of unnamed individuals have been detained by police after it was claimed that they tampered with 200 white-label ATMs spread across 18 states operated by a multinational corporation and fraudulently withdrew Rs 2.53 crore from them.
FIR Filed Against Accused in ATM Fraud Case
An FIR was filed against the accused on Saturday at the Vanrai police station in Mumbai based on a complaint made by the company. Police added that over the course of three days, the accused completed 2,743 transactions using 872 ATM cards in order to illegally obtain cash, according to the FIR. The first fraudulent transaction, according to the police, took place on October 12, 2022, and was reported to the business’ corporate staff in Goregaon. An executive from the firm’s management reportedly lodged a complaint at the Vanrai police station on December 20 of that year after the incident had been originally examined by the company and other contractual agencies involved.
Accused Exploit Technical Failures to Withdraw Cash
According to authorities, the accused would insert a debit card and start a typical transaction to describe the modus operandi. According to the FIR, “the second person, who was also present at the ATM kiosk, would pull the electric wire or LAN cable to create a technical failure as soon as the money reached the dispensary shutter of the ATM.” The first individual would rip the money out of the dispensing shutter by causing this error. Contrarily, a technological malfunction prevents the system from recording the transaction, and the money is instead returned to the customer’s bank account. the company suffering a loss as a result. The investigation revealed that between October 12 and October 14 of last year, ATM machines installed in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab, and ten other states were used to fraudulently withdraw Rs 2.53 crore, according to police. According to the FIR, “the accused made 2,743 transactions totaling Rs 2,53,13,100 with the aid of 872 debit cards.” Investigator: “The company officials checked the hard disc of the ATM machines and their records, which revealed the amount withdrew, the number of transactions, and the debit cards used.”
Accused Tamper with ATM Cameras to Conceal Identity
Before making illicit cash withdrawals from the machines, it is also claimed that the accused interfered with the CCTV cameras that were installed inside the aforementioned ATM kiosks. “The footage from the cameras mounted at these ATM kiosks was unavailable due to technical difficulties or fraudulent actions. However, every ATM has a built-in camera that records the face of anyone using the machine to conduct a transaction. This camera is referred to as a pinhole camera. Additionally, these ATMs’ pinhole cameras were able to catch the accused’s face, which is currently being sent to authorities, according to the complaint in the police statement. The Vanrai police investigated the application after receiving it, and a case was then filed against the accused under the appropriate sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act. The complaint’s maker of ATMs is the complainant company, according to senior inspector Rampiyare Gopinath Rajbhar. According to our suspicions, the debit cards used in the crime were obtained by creating bank accounts with fictitious paperwork. We have filed a FIR and are working quickly to find the suspect.
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