Two held for tricking ATMs and stealing cash
The Hindu
Police seize 99 bank cards from the Haryana duo
Their modus operandi is to tweak the ATM machine by causing a technical snag and decamp with the money with ease. The Tirupati Urban police who arrested a duo on Thursday were shocked to find 99 ATM/debit cards in their possession.
The accused, Arif Khan and Salim Khan, belong to Haryana. Three accomplices, Naqib Hussain, Ilyas and Haqmuddin are at large.
The gang chooses an old ATM machine and enters a card belonging to a different bank. When the cash is released they switch off the machine and pull out the cash simultaneously, making it appear like a ‘failed transaction’ to the bank. They then lodge a complaint with their bank, which passes on the information to the bank that owns the ATM. The correspondence goes on, with no solution in sight. They play the same trick in different cities.