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| Magic solves credit card fraud? | | Money returns to account, Interpol ‘required’ to probe | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 17: In a strange, yet simple, economic offence of its kind, the Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir has claimed to have solved fraudulent credit card transaction case but the investigations indicate if magic, and nothing else, worked in cracking the case. Interestingly, the case involved international ramifications.
An officer of the Jammu and Kashmir government complained before the Crime Branch that his credit card has been misused by the nationals of Germany, Spain and Latvia who booked air tickets worth Rs 10676509 since August 2007. The complainant had a credit card of the State Bank of India.
As the Crime Branch moved ahead with investigations, the money started returning to the complainant’s account. By now the entire swindled amount of Rs 10676509 has been returned to the complainant’s account but the Crime Branch does not know how even as it have wanted the CBI and Interpol to investigate the case. The case is reported to have been investigated by one Lalit Kumar, a Sub Inspector.
The Crime Branch has wrapped up the case with a surprise and mystery as how money returned to the credit account even without issuing a notice to the fraudsters residing in countries like Germany, Spain and Latvia. When contacted, in this backdrop, a senior officer of the Crime Branch said it is simple to understand: “the money might have been swindled by some officials of the Bank who re-deposited on knowing activities of Police investigation”.
According to case history, one Rajesh Kumar Sharma, now posted as Assistant Commissioner in Udhampur alleged in the complaint that he is holder of SBI Credit Card No. 4006676016093711. On 28th of August 2007 in the state of August 16, 2007, he has noticed some fraudulent transactions carried out in his credit card with out his knowledge. All the fraudulent transactions have been carried out overseas air tickets of foreign airlines such as CSA and Easyjet, on different dates to London and New York. He further stated that he had made an online reservation of Air ticket from makemytrip.come from Delhi to Jammu in Delhi on July 17 from above mentioned travel agency. The complainant stated that he had contacted SBI Credit Card office but no reply have been conveyed in this connection in order to know how these fraudulent transactions of overseas air tickets were made from his Credit Card.
On receipt of the complaint same was entrusted to SI (C) Lalit Kumar for enquiry and report into the matter. During the course of enquiry. Investigation Officer has recorded the statement of complainant and collected the relevant record i.e. monthly statement of complainant's credit card in which air tickets of foreign airline were made. During the course of verification, it is established from the replies furnished CBI (Interpol) that complainant's credit card on which fraudulent transactions were made have been misused by citizens of different countries like Spain, Germany and Latvian and no details have been mentioned about any travel agent/person, who have made submission for debt from credit card account of complainant, whose linkage may be in Delhi as complainant had booked online Air ticket from Delhi to Jammu in Delhi through makemytrip.com.
The process of investigation has created pressure due to which the amount of Rs. 10676509/- has been credited back to the account of complainant which is an achievement for J&K Police Department. Since the transactions has international ramifications and the amounts were misused by citizens of three different countries Germany, Spain and Lativia, the matter needs to be probed by CBI and Interpol. |
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