‘Bank staffer’ held for fraud
Jharkhand shop owner nabbed
A 19-year-old mobile shop owner from Jharkhand who cheated gullible victims by impersonating as a bank official and robbed them of their money was arrested by Hyderabad Cyber Crime police on Thursday.
The accused was identified as Mahendra Kumar Mandal.
According to police, Mahendra would call the victims over their mobile phone and collect debit card details posing as a bank official using false names.
He would say that he needed the details for renewing their debit card. After transferring the amount from the victim’s account, he, along with his friends, would spend the same shopping in various cities in Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Using the same procedure, Mahendra managed to trap a Bowenpally resident, Ch Shankar and robbed him to the tune of `1.69 lakh. Mahendra called the victim and identified himself as the manager of Andhra Bank to collect his debit card details and also the OTP that was sent to the victim’s mobile number.
“When the victim received the OTP on his mobile, Mahendra told him that was the pin number of his new debit card which will be sent to his residence,” investigating officials said.
Based on the bank account details and the call data record, police arrested Mahendra and recovered `2,900 cash and four mobile phones from him apart from a debit card.
THE ACCUSED would gather debit card details from the victims posing as a bank official and then transfer money from their their accounts.