Two arrested for online fraud

Soumya Banerjee, Dinesh Kumar were arrested on complaint filed by the manager of Standard Chartered Bank's ITO branch for fictitious transactions

PTI | November 25, 2011



Two persons, including an MBA graduate, has been arrested for allegedly duping several credit card holders of a reputed bank through online transactions, police said on Thursday.

Soumya Banerjee (32), who hails from West Bengal, and Dinesh Kumar (21) were arrested based on a complaint filed by the manager of Standard Chartered Bank's ITO branch that he has received complaints from many customers that fictitious transactions have been in their name.

Since most of such transactions were traced to Sarita Vihar area, the needle of suspicion pointed towards courier agent Kumar, who delivered these cards to customers.

"He disclosed that he was providing details of the credit cards given to him for delivery to Soumya Banerjee and received Rs 25,000 for this assignment. Thereafter, Soumya was also apprehended from Sarita Vihar area and questioned," Addl.

Commissioner of Police (South-East district) Ajay Chaudhary said.

During investigation, Soumya disclosed that he had created a fake account 'Delhi Jewellery' on the website for online transactions and also opened a fake account in the name of Sanjiv Baruah at Development Credit Bank, Greater Kailash Branch, New Delhi.

"After collecting data from the credit cards provided by Kumar, he has made many online transactions in the name of Delhi Ornaments. Later, he withdrew the money through ATM cards and deposited the money in another account," Chaudhary said.

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