Steward in Mira Road bar arrested for cloning customers’ debit cards

BHAYANDAR: Are you one of those who hands over debit/ credit cards to the hotel staff for paying bills? If yes, beware. Your card could be cloned and misused. The Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police arrested a steward of a lounge bar in Mira Road on the charges of cloning cards with the help of skimmer machines The action followed in response to the information provided by officials attached to the Risk Intelligence and Control Wing of the HDFC Bank, who suspected cards of customers were being cloned at a bar in Mira Road. A police team, led by Police Inspector Vijay Chavhan and Senior Police Inspector Sandip Kadam under the instructions of Police Commissioner Sadanand Date, kept a watch at Hotel Breathe (Little King) –a lounge bar located in the Kanakia area of Mira Road and caught the accused steward Amit Upen Ghosh (20) red-handed as he swiped a debit card on the Point of Sale (PoS) machine which was attached to a skimmer. -