Police arrested Vignesh for allegedly stealing credit and debit cards and porting SIM cards of his friends and then buying and ordering luxury items like gold biscuits, online loans, fridges, and Bluetooth speakers using the stolen data.
Coimbatore: Vinod Kumar, Stanley Jones and Anandakumar from Coimbatore are employees of a private company. They have lodged a complaint at the City Cyber Crime Police saying that the debit and credit card numbers were stolen by miscreants and used to buy luxurious items.
Based on the directions of city police commissioner Balakrishnan, cyber crime police led by inspector Arun of the Cybercrime unit police station and sub-inspector Sivaraj Pandian launched a search operation against the accused and kept a close watch on online transactions.
Based on this, the police registered a case under sections 465, 468, 471, 419, 420 IPC 66C 66D IT Act and arrested Vignesh (31) after tracking the accused with the help of modern technology.
Several startling revelations came to light during the interrogation conducted by the City Cyber Crime Police about him.
According to police, Vignesh runs a travel company in Coimbatore. He used to check the phone, and credit and debit cards of his friends from time to time. Based on that, he would capture photos of his friends' credit cards, debit cards and smart cards on camera.
He would take the mobile numbers of his friends and port their phone numbers without their knowledge and get a new SIM card to facilitate his fraudulent transactions.
He used the cards and the phone numbers to generate OTP for his online purchases.
Using this stolen data, he has purchased home appliances, a fridge, and a washing machine online and also purchased gold biscuits.
Vignesh has given his contact number for the delivery of goods even though he has a friend's mobile phone for the OTP cash transaction. The police have traced it and arrested Vignesh.
The police have seized mobile phones, electronic devices, many SIM cards, vehicle licenses, 3 cars, and empty electronic chipset from the arrested cyber-criminal Vignesh.
Based on the directions of city police commissioner Balakrishnan, cyber crime police led by inspector Arun of the Cybercrime unit police station and sub-inspector Sivaraj Pandian launched a search operation against the accused and kept a close watch on online transactions.
Based on this, the police registered a case under sections 465, 468, 471, 419, 420 IPC 66C 66D IT Act and arrested Vignesh (31) after tracking the accused with the help of modern technology.
Several startling revelations came to light during the interrogation conducted by the City Cyber Crime Police about him.
According to police, Vignesh runs a travel company in Coimbatore. He used to check the phone, and credit and debit cards of his friends from time to time. Based on that, he would capture photos of his friends' credit cards, debit cards and smart cards on camera.
He would take the mobile numbers of his friends and port their phone numbers without their knowledge and get a new SIM card to facilitate his fraudulent transactions.
He used the cards and the phone numbers to generate OTP for his online purchases.
Using this stolen data, he has purchased home appliances, a fridge, and a washing machine online and also purchased gold biscuits.
Vignesh has given his contact number for the delivery of goods even though he has a friend's mobile phone for the OTP cash transaction. The police have traced it and arrested Vignesh.
The police have seized mobile phones, electronic devices, many SIM cards, vehicle licenses, 3 cars, and empty electronic chipset from the arrested cyber-criminal Vignesh.