HIGH PROFILE RACKET OF CLONING ATM CARDS BUSTED BY STAFF OF AATS/SWD AFRICAN NATIONAL ARRESTED
HIGH PROFILE RACKET OF CLONING ATM CARDS AND WITHDRAWING MONEY FRAUDULENTLY FROM ATMs BUSTED WITH THE ARREST OF AN AFRICAN NATIONAL BY THE STAFF OF AATS/SWD NEW DELHI
KINGSLEY BOAFO, A GHANA NATIONAL, ARRESTED FOR DUPING UNKNOWN NUMBER OF PERSONS IN DELHI, MUMBAI AND AHMEDABAD BY CLONING ATM CARDS AND FRAUDULENT WITHDRAWL OF MONEY FROM ATMs.
ACCUSED IS ILLEGALLY STAYING IN INDIA WITH EXPIRED VISA.
DETAILS AND PIN CODES OF ATM CARDS ILLEGALLY STOLEN BY ACCUSED BY FIXING SKIMMER AND CAMERA ON ATM MACHINES.
CLONE OF ATM CARDS PREPARED BY COPYING STOLEN DATA FROM ATM CARDS INTO BLANK ATM CARDS USING LAPTOP AND MAGNETIC STRIP READER / WRITER.
SKIMMER, CAMERA, MAGNETIC STRIP READER / WRITER, LAPTOP, CARD READER, 08 ATM CARDS, CHARGERS, ADHESIVE TAPE ROLL, SCISSORS, SCREW DRIVER, PASSPORT, ETC., RECOVERED.
The police personnel of AATS/South-West District has busted a gang of cheats involved in cloning of ATM cards and fraudulent withdrawal of money from ATMs. The accused Kingsley Boafo S/O Mr. Boafo R/O F-84, 2nd Floor, Chhatarpur Village, New Delhi, Age-37 years, is a Ghana national having good computer skills. He arrived from Ghana at Mumbai in July 2015 for business in clothes. He disclosed to have begun trading in clothes by purchasing readymade dresses from local markets and sending back home to Ghana in cargo. In October 2015, he shifted to Delhi and continued the business of exporting readymade clothes. For satiating his hunger for money, he spent time browsing internet to find means of earning high profits in short time and learnt methods of cloning ATM cards. The devices for cloning ATM cards were purchased online. He surveyed ATMs unmanned by security guards. Camera was fixed with adhesive tape on the surface of ATMs right above the key board. The skimmer copied details of ATM cards inserted into the slot and the camera recorded PIN code fed by card holders. These data was then downloaded into Laptop. Images of keyboard were matched with ATM card details copied by skimmer at corresponding time. Thereafter the matched details were transferred from Laptop to Magnetic Strip Reader/Writer (MSR) and blank ATM cards were swiped through the MSR. Thus the cloned ATM cards were ready and used for withdrawal of money fraudulently from ATMs. Co-accused Issac, also an African, who too have good computer skills, helped accused Kingsley Boafo in preparing cloned ATM cards. They deleted the stolen data from all these devices soon after withdrawal of money as ATM cards were blocked by card holders after receiving SMS on mobile phones thereby rendering data useless for them. Skimmer, camera, MSR, card reader, 04 ATM cards, 04 Blank ATM cards, Adhesive tape rolls, scissors, screw drivers, etc. used in cloning of ATM cards have been recovered and seized. A case FIR No. 578/17 u/s 420/467/468/471 IPC & 14 Foreigners Act has been registered at P.S. Bindapur and investigation is in progress. The accused was in Mumbai during last couple of months and has come to Delhi in last week of July 2017. He is suspected of having committed similar offences in Mumbai also. Efforts are being made to identify victims and arrest the co-accused Issac.
TEAM & OPERATION
Due to rising incidents of ATM frauds in the District, Insp. Raj Kumar, in-charge AATS/SWD was assigned the task of controlling the menace. Secret informers were deployed, technical surveillance was employed, criminal intelligence was collected, victims of ATM frauds were examined, etc. On 12/08/17, a secret information was received that an African national involved in stealing ATM card details and making duplicate ATM cards will come near HDFC Bank ATM, Metro Pillar No. 715, Main Najafgarh Road, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi for committing similar offence. Hence, under the supervision of Sh. Aditya Gautam, ACP/Operations a dedicated team of police officers led by Insp. Raj Kumar and raiding team comprising SI Dharmendra, ASI Sanjay, ASI Randhir, HC Jitender, Ct Jagat, Ct Arjun, Ct Rohtash, Ct Narender and Ct Manish was formed. The information was developed and after verification a trap was laid near HDFC Bank ATM, Metro Pillar No. 715, Main Najafgarh Road, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi. At about 7:40 PM accused Kingsley Boafo with a black colour bag hanging from his shoulder came and stood near HDFC Bank ATM. At the instance of the secret informer, he was overpowered. The search of his bag yielded Skimmer, Camera, Adhesive tape rolls, Scissors, 04 ATM cards and 04 Blank cards. On interrogation, accused Kingsley Boafo initially tried to mislead the police but finally admitted to stealing and cloning ATM card details. A case FIR No. 578/17 u/s 420/467/468/471 IPC & 14 Foreigners Act was registered at P.S. Bindapur. During investigation accused Kingsley Boafo was arrested and produced in hon’ble court on 12.08.17. During 02 days police custody remand of accused, Magnetic Strip Reader (MSR), Laptop hp, Card reader, Charger, Adapter, Screw-driver, etc has been recovered from his house. Search is being carried out for arrest of other co-accused Issac and recovery of other devices used in the crime.
RECOVERY :-
Ø Skimmer, Camera, Magnetic trip Reader/Writer (MSR), Charger, Adapters, Card reader, Scissors, Screw-driver, Adhesive tape rolls.
Ø One Laptop hp.
Ø 04 ATM Cards and 04 Blank ATM cards.
Ø Passport issued at Accra (Ghana) with expired visa.
ACCUSED ARRESTED :-
Kingsley Boafo r/o Chhatarpur Village, New Delhi, Age-37 years.
(SURENDER KUMAR), IPS
Dy Commissioner of Police,
South-West District, New Delhi
News Source: Delhi Police (PR CELL)
