
Police arrest three men, detect new method of skimming cards
The Hindu
The accused bought data from dark web, downloaded it on cards
A new modus operandi of skimming by fraudsters was detected by the city police with the arrest of three men in Kanathur police station limits. The gang allegedly collected card details from hackers on the dark web for a payment and later used them on blank cards. The police were acting on complaints in which the complainants stated that cash had been withdrawn from their bank accounts unauthorisedly. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Adyar, V. Vikraman constituted a special team to trace the gang involved in this.More Related News