Card cloning racket in Mumbai bars busted, probe on to nab mastermind – India Today

A detailed interrogation revealed that cloning machines have also been found in several beer bars in Mumbai as well.

Three people, including a cashier and two waiters from three different bars in Mumbai, have been arrested by police in the city for allegedly cloning debit cards of customers and making fraudulent withdrawals.

Police from Mumbai's Malad area have arrested cashier and two waiters, working in three separate bars in the city. All of them would clone debit and credit cards of customers.

Senior police inspector Dhananjay Ligarde of Malad police station said, "From the accused, we have recovered three cloning machines, 5 duplicate ATM cards, one laptop, pin number of other ATM cards."

According to police, Rakesh Vishwakarma a victim of the card cloning racket in Mumbai bars had filed complaint with Malad police station that someone had withdrawn Rs 1 lakh from his account despite his card being with himself.

The complainant told police that before withdrawal he had visited one beer bar and petrol pump. The cops raided the beer bar in Mumbai and found cloning machine installed in an ATM swap machine.

A detailed interrogation revealed that cloning machines have also been found in several beer bars in Mumbai as well. The cops are now probing how the cloning machines were available in several bars in the city and are trying to trace the mastermind behind the crime.

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