Online fraud: Man loses Rs 1.25 lakh from bank account

Kundapur: A man from Basrur in Kundapur, who is presently based in Dubai lost Rs 1.25 lakh, after his bank account was hacked by a tech-savvy gang. The victim is identified as Roshan Nikhil and the amount has been debited from his NRI account in Vaderahobli branch of Corporation Bank in Kundapur.

Nikhil is working in a private company in Dubai and was remitting money to his NRI account from which, his father used to withdraw the money for monthly expenditure. Udupi cyber police have registered a case and are carrying out investigation. They suspect that the fraud must have been committed by skimming bank account details from the ATM card used by complainant’s father Richard Wilson.

As per the police, the fraudsters allegedly cloned the ATM card of Roshan and withdrew an amount of Rs 1.25 lakh from his account. The money was withdrawn for five days, from August 12 to August 16.

In the backdrop having received multiple complaints from different victims of similar crime, a detailed investigation has been launched as the police who are also investigating if the gang has any link with other such gangs. The cops have received complaints from more than 10 victims from Kundapur relating skimming.