Gang Involved In Online Money Fraud Busted In Uttar Pradesh; 11 Arrested

Uttar Pradesh Police seized over Rs 9 lakh cash, one car, one motorcycle, cheque books, passbooks, ATM cards, laptops, pen drives and documents.

Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday claimed to have busted a gang involved in siphoning off money from bank accounts of people by cloning their fingerprints by arresting its 11 members. The arrests took place near Hariom Nagar Tiraha and district panchayat areas, it said. Police said they seized over Rs 9 lakh cash, one car, one motorcycle, fingerprint scanner, fingerprint clone making device, 53 SIM cards, cheque books, passbooks, ATM cards, laptops, pen drives and documents. Senior Superintendent of Police Dinesh Kumar P said the 11 accused arrested were booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 420 (fraud), 120 B (criminal conspiracy), and the IT Act.