New Delhi: The Delhi Police Crime Branch in a major crackdown busted a gang that was frauding people on the pretext of activating credit card services using FASTag.
According to reports, the police further claimed that the gang defrauded people of around ₹80 lakh in just one month.
The report further added that a link to the gang was established during a murder crime investigation as one of the members of the gang was living with an alleged murder suspect.
The police further added that Mohd Zaid, one of the gang members, had a laptop, smartphone, a card reader, and SIM cards.
An Indian Express report further reported that Zaid confessed to his crimes. The report further added that he was allegedly overseeing Pawan Singh’s false accounts. He also named other members of his gang involved in the fraud.
The Crime Branch officials said that the gang pretended to be from banks and called customers. They used to take money from the victims’ accounts by creating a FASTag wallet and later diverting the transaction.
Police have further arrested the members after carrying out raids in different locations. The police further added that the accused used to withdraw money from swipe machines at different petrol pumps in Haryana and Chandigarh.