A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly siphoning money from credit card accounts while posing as a bank employee in Dwarka, the police said on Sunday.
The accused has been identified as Hardeep Singh, also known as Gulshan, from Tagore Garden. He was apprehended in Dwarka Sector 9 on Saturday, they said. On August 29, a man approached the Cyber Police Station in Dwarka, alleging that he had been cheated of Rs 50,000 in an online fraud.
He reported that he had received a call from someone who introduced himself as an employee of a leading private bank and shared a link with him, suggesting that he could click on it to redeem Club Vistara points on his credit card, according to the police. The caller sent the complainant an email containing a form and requested him to fill it out.
After the complainant filled out the form and returned it, he received intimation that Rs 50,000 had been deducted from his credit card. Acting on the complaint, the police investigated the matter and obtained details of the beneficiary bank accounts. “It was found that one Rohit Nagraj had provided his online payment ID for the transactions.
When Rohit was apprehended and questioned, he disclosed the name of his friend Gulshan,” said a police officer. Subsequently, Gulshan was arrested.
During questioning, Gulshan revealed that he used to make phone calls to people, posing as a bank employee, and transfer money into another account after obtaining their credit and debit card details, the police said.”
