HYDERABAD: Cyber crime sleuths of Rachakonda arrested a 26-year-old man for duping people in the guise of redeeming credit card bonus points. The accused has been identified as Deepak Kumar, a resident of Geethanjali Park area in West Sagarpur, Delhi.
According to the police, Deepak Kumar along with his associate, Mukesh, decided to earn easy money by duping the credit card holders on the pretext of redeeming credit card points. As per their plan, the duo procured details of credit card holders and obtained SIM cards along with bank accounts in the names of various people through agents.
Subsequently, the duo started contacting credit card holders posing as executives of the banks offering to help them in redeeming bonus points. “The accused were collecting credit card numbers, CVV numbers and OTPs from the gullible people and transferred the money to various e-wallets and bank accounts,” Rachakonda cyber crime police said.
A victim, Satyanarayana, 53, from Sahara Estate, had lost Rs 93,772 and based on his complaint, a case was registered under Sections 417, 419, 420 of the IPC and Sections 66C & 66D of the IT Act.
Police arrested Deepak from Dehi on November 11 and after completing the legal formalities brought him to the city and sent him in judicial remand on Sunday.
