IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 27, 2022

With the arrest of three accused by ATM Fraud Investigation Cell (AFIC) of State Crime Branch, Haryana Police has cracked two untraced cases of ATM fraud in the state. Police has also recovered 17 from their possession.

Sharing the information here today, a Haryana Police spokesperson informed that in the first case, AFIC Yamunanagar team has arrested ATM fraud mastermind Jaiveer Singh, a resident of Hisar but was currently residing in Sultanpuri, Delhi. He was accused of cheating people in 16 cases by committing ATM frauds in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

In the month of January, Ranveer Singh, a resident of Gandhi Nagar had lodged a complaint to the District Police Yamunanagar that some unknown person changed his ATM. When he came home, he was shocked to see that about Rs 90,000 had been withdrawn from his account through unauthorized transactions. The case was declared untraceable by the district police. The case was handed over to the AFIC who re-investigated it and arrested accused Jaiveer Singh from Sultanpuri, Delhi on the basis of CCTV footage and other evidence. It was also revealed that 16 cases are registered against the accused in different states. Out of these, nine cases are registered in Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), two in Delhi, two in Ambala and one case each in Karnal, Kaithal and Yamunanagar. During the investigation, 17 ATM cards have been recovered from his possession.

Explaining his modus operandi, he said that Jaiveer used to find different places to commit the crime and every time after committing the crime he used to change his hideouts so as to escape from the police. The accused used to keep ATM cards of every bank in his pocket so that whichever bank has an ATM, he could commit his crime accordingly.

In another crackdown, Rohtak team has apprehended two accused on the charges of defrauding people worth Rs3.43 lakh. Ajit, a resident of district Jhajjar had lodged a complaint that on July 25, 2021, he had given ATM card to his son. The accused fraudulently changed the ATM card from the son’s possession and carried out the transaction of Rs 3.43 lakh. The case was declared untraceable by the district police. While investigating this case again, AFIC Rohtak team identified the accused with the help of CCTV footage and arrested them in Rohtak. Both the accused Kamal and Sumit are already convicted in other cases and were out on bail.

Both the cases are under investigation and police trying to get details of similar fraud cases from various police stations to find out their involvement, he added.

Be extra cautious while using an ATM: O.P. Singh ADGP

ATM Fraud Investigation Cell has been established to effectively deal with cases of ATM frauds across the state.  It should be kept in mind that whenever you do a transaction at the ATM, there is no one around you. Apart from this, such criminal activities often take place at ATMs outside the city or ATM machines without guards. Keep in mind that whenever entering your PIN at the ATM, cover the keypad with your hand. This will avoid any of your personal information getting into the wrong hands.