MEERUT: Cyber cell and Hapur police on Wednesday busted a gang who allegedly cloned thumbprints of round 100 locals to withdraw cash from their accounts via Aadhaar Enabled Fee System (AEPS) in Hapur.
Two individuals, together with a gang chief, have been arrested and Rs 1.17 lakh, a laptop computer, eight cell phones, 5 debit playing cards, a luxurious automobile, two fingerprint scanners, 40 finger clones in purple color, 4 sim playing cards, poly stampers machine have been discovered with them.
Hapur SP Abhishek Verma mentioned that the accused have been recognized as Vikas Singh, a resident of Lucknow and Vikas Srivastava, a resident of Ghaziabad. At current, each have been dwelling in Ghaziabad and their gang was lively in Hapur, Gautam Buddh Nagar and in addition in some districts of Jap UP.
Throughout interrogation, the accused revealed that they downloaded final yr’s information on sale and buy of property in Hapur and adjoining districts from the UP registration division web site, Verma mentioned. They used to scan thumbprints with the assistance of a scanner and later used to clone them utilizing photopolymer gel with the assistance of a machine. They’d arrange a pretend widespread service centre in Ghaziabad via which they used to gather financial institution particulars of locals. The accused cheated round 200 people in Hapur and Ghaziabad, Siddharth Nagar, Lucknow, and Gautam Buddh Nagar and did a fraud price about Rs 15 lakh to date.
The SP {that a} case beneath part 420 (cheating) has been registered towards each the accused. Additional investigation is on.
Two individuals, together with a gang chief, have been arrested and Rs 1.17 lakh, a laptop computer, eight cell phones, 5 debit playing cards, a luxurious automobile, two fingerprint scanners, 40 finger clones in purple color, 4 sim playing cards, poly stampers machine have been discovered with them.
Hapur SP Abhishek Verma mentioned that the accused have been recognized as Vikas Singh, a resident of Lucknow and Vikas Srivastava, a resident of Ghaziabad. At current, each have been dwelling in Ghaziabad and their gang was lively in Hapur, Gautam Buddh Nagar and in addition in some districts of Jap UP.
Throughout interrogation, the accused revealed that they downloaded final yr’s information on sale and buy of property in Hapur and adjoining districts from the UP registration division web site, Verma mentioned. They used to scan thumbprints with the assistance of a scanner and later used to clone them utilizing photopolymer gel with the assistance of a machine. They’d arrange a pretend widespread service centre in Ghaziabad via which they used to gather financial institution particulars of locals. The accused cheated round 200 people in Hapur and Ghaziabad, Siddharth Nagar, Lucknow, and Gautam Buddh Nagar and did a fraud price about Rs 15 lakh to date.
The SP {that a} case beneath part 420 (cheating) has been registered towards each the accused. Additional investigation is on.
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