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Mangalore: Police Bust Credit Card Cloning Racket, Arrest Two

  •   Sat, Feb 25 2012 07:07:39 PM

Mangalore: Police Bust Credit Card Cloning Racket, Arrest Two

Pics: Ramesh Pandith / Spoorthi Ullal 
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS)
 
Mangalore, Feb 25: The city police have arrested two persons on charges of cloning and skimming credit cards of various foreign banks. The case was solved by the city crime branch (CCB) police who arrested Zeeshan Mohammed (24), a native of Bangalore and Kelwyn Patel (26), a native of Gujarat, who resides in Kudroli here.
 
City police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh held a press meet at his office on Saturday February 25 and informed that acting on a tip off, Mangalore CCB police laid a trap near Hotel Ocean Pearl and took the duo into custody.

Six credit cards of various banks like American Express, Standard Chartered and City Bank were seized from them. Also, the software they used for manufacturing fake credit cards and to transfer the credit card numbers and bank account numbers to the fake ones, a laptop used for installing the software to include writer and reader software, swipe magnetic card, IC card, reader and writer equipment were seized.
 
The arrested duo possessed purchase receipts amounting to Rs 3.5 lac from Leela Palace in Bangalore and from a shop in Goa. Also, the police seized mobile phones and an internet modem.
 
They used to steal the bank account numbers and credit card numbers of account holders of foreign banks and with the help of the software, affix those details to the fake credit card which they had. In the mobile seized from them, various details like account number and credit card numbers have been found.

The police commissioner said that the arrested seem to have thorough knowledge about software and banking. They will be handed over to the CCB police for further investigation and the help of bank expert will be taken during investigation, he added.
 
He also suspected some shop keepers being involved in the crime as the duo did not purchase the goods, but took cash from them instead.

On the recent allegations against some policemen that they had 'fixed' the raid of a beauty parlour for not getting 'hafta', the commissioner said that investigation will be done and if any police personnel is found guilty, action will be taken. However, action cannot be taken based only on media reports, he said.

Regarding the surrender of Wahid, co-accused in the rape case of a minor girl, he said that Wahid has been remanded in judicial custody and the search for his accomplice, Mubarak, is on.
 
DCP (law and order) Mutthuraya was present at the press meet.

  

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  • Ganesh, mangalore

    Sun, Feb 26 2012

    I think police have to give one chance, they need money, they need job, they are very intelligent why don't. U give provide job in police dept. because we want smart police officer. Like above.

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  • Indian, Karnataka

    Sun, Feb 26 2012

    Can our Indian police take a strict action on these guys or in two days they realse in bail ? police stop taking money from the criminals and work real hard and honestly..... God will bless you .. and if you don't do so then God will punish you plus your whole family for sure...Inshallah (If God willing)

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  • Sourya Prakasha, PERMUDE

    Sun, Feb 26 2012

    Anna.. Anna.. most of the shops & establishments card readers not programmed to punch (Enter) PIN code at the cash counter also !!
    Anna .. shhh please keep this secret to yourself too.

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Sun, Feb 26 2012

    These two youths have skill to cloning and skimming credit cards of various foreign banks, it means one more example of usage of technical skill in wrong direction. If they put behind bar, may be they will use another technology to escape from jail too. If Reddy & Yeddy gangs come to know of their skill, I am sure they have better future too. If they succeed in state level jail break through, sure they will be invited to Central too to help them in future.

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  • Ragav, Mangalore

    Sun, Feb 26 2012

    Had they used their technical knowledge to good...they would have become software Maestro's - Charles D'Mello

    You are right charles.... but can you or any of the commentators here give a helping hand to the similar "computer wiz" who are looking for jobs! We all proud that we caught these, that is fine! that is what law is for? but can anyone think how to set up employment opportunities or business oppoturnities for the skilled youths who come out from the colleges.

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, Udupi/New York, USA

    Sun, Feb 26 2012

    Congratulations once again City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh and your wonderful team of police for arresting credit card cloning racketeers Zeeshan Mohammed and Kelwyn Patel.They both look like number one crooks and I do not know how many people they must have cheated. They should be put behinds bars without bail. They are really brilliant to manufacture fake credit cards with the help of a computer and how come they got the credit card numbers and names. Police should also arrest the shop keepers who gave them cash with their credit card. Good pictures by Ramesh Pandith and Spoorthi Ullal. It was nice that the pictures were not with mask as the public will know who they are.

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  • sebastian, Mangalore

    Sun, Feb 26 2012

    BOTH ARE VERY TALENTED YOUNG BOYS,TAKEN THIER LIFE IN WRONG DIRECTION. THEY ARE DESERVED TO  BE GIVEN STERN PUNISHMENT. SO THAT NO BODY DARE TO DO SUCH ACT

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  • ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE-YANBU/KSA

    Sat, Feb 25 2012

    High Tech catch by Police of Mangalore and congrats.If duo used these kind of high tech knowledge with genuine purpose with the IT company perhaps they could have earned more money lawfully and respectively.Police work well done.keep it up.

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  • Vishal, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Sat, Feb 25 2012

    Had these 'extra stupid' persons shown their same smartness in their employment, they would have earned in Millions!

    Outsiders have turned our loving hometown a den of illegal activity and destroyed our wonderful culture. If SEZ comes, one can not imagine the fate of local culture, language and traditions(like our state capital).

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  • ARJUN RAI, MANGALORE

    Sat, Feb 25 2012

    FINALLY. THIS KELVIN WAS A THIEF RIGHT FROM COLLEGE DAYS. HE HAD STUDIED IN SHARADA PU COLLEGE. GOOD ATLEAST NOW HE GOT CAUGHT. WE KNEW IT HE WUD GET CAUGHT ONE DAY.

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  • anna, Mangalore/mangalore

    Sat, Feb 25 2012

    PINKY (3 Yr OLD KID):Uncle Uncle is it so easy to clone and use the fake credit cards in India???
    Uncle: yes pinky it is very easy in India becos very few shop owners and establishment actually verify the signature in the bill and the card pinky !!!!!and you know something pinky?? some even dont sign thier cards in the back...ssshhh dont tell anyone pinky !!!

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  • ivan cutinho, pandeshwar Mlore UK

    Sat, Feb 25 2012

    who says police in m'lore not doing their job bcoz some corrupted police v blame all.our law is better then europe or western countries in uk u cant smake ur own childrens2correct their mistakes cant hit a rober even if he is robing ur house even police cant do anything just arrest.in india what hapans if the public catch a rober first dhulai then police.v cant blame all the police they r also human beings like us.but most of the time they r doing good job.when some one is doing good job4the community they get transferd.who is the main boss?u all no either u dance with their music or get transferd.police dont have full power but still they r doing their job day&night.hwo many lakhs they have2bribe2that top man2become a SI PC or a top post v all know this

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  • Charles D'Mello, Pangala

    Sat, Feb 25 2012

    The way they pose and walk, I feel that they are not ashamed of the crime...it looks like that they are proud of their crime...!!!??? Had they used their technical knowledge to good...they would have become software Maestro's.

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  • Gerald, modankap-bantval

    Sat, Feb 25 2012

    THANK YOU DAIJI AND POLICE TO SHOWING THEM WITHOUT MASK. BY THIS WE CAN IDENTIFY AT LEAST NEXT TIME !!!! ALSO, THEIR PHOTO SHOULD BE DISPLAYED IN MALLS AND PUBLIC PLACES SO THAT PEOPLE CAN AWARE OF THE DANGER ANTI-ELEMENTS OF THE SOCIETY.

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