Four Arrested for ATM Card Cloning in Uttar Pradesh

Police Crackdown on ATM Card Cloning Gang

Authorities have apprehended four individuals involved in the cloning of ATM cards. These suspects are accused of defrauding people using cloned cards. All four hail from Haryana and were captured in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh. According to police reports, the arrested individuals learned the technique for cloning credit and debit cards through YouTube tutorials, after which they began their fraudulent activities. Law enforcement recovered a vehicle, 14 debit cards, a credit card swiping machine, three mobile phones, and firearms from the suspects. ASP Ajay Pratap Singh provided details about the incident, stating that the suspects were intercepted near a Punjab National Bank in Chaudhpur. The arrested individuals are identified as Sanjeev Kumar, Mahendra, Amarjeet, and Ramesh Kumar, all residents of the Nardoh area in Hisar district, Haryana. Their vehicle contained 14 ATM and debit cards, a swiping machine, three mobile phones, as well as three firearms and seven cartridges.

Modus Operandi of the Criminals

According to police, Sanjeev learned how to clone ATM cards via YouTube. Subsequently, he purchased an MSR-6 swiping machine online from Ahmedabad. The gang would withdraw money using cloned ATM cards around midnight to avoid detection, ensuring that the victims would not receive alerts or block their cards. To facilitate their thefts, they downloaded the ESY MSI app on their mobile phones. The suspects would connect the swiping machine to their phones via Bluetooth, distracting the cardholders to swipe their cards through the machine. They targeted individuals in remote areas, using rented vehicles for their operations, and even changed the vehicle's registration number post-crime. Their victims primarily included residents from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, West Bengal, and Bihar.