Odisha Police today arrested a youth from Jharkhand who was transferring money to his account from different accounts in ATM by using different mobile applications and have seized cash, two mobile phones and several sim cards from his possession.
Bhubaneswar-Cuttack police commissioner R P Sharma said the youth identified as Sudeb Mondal was operating in the state for long and have swindled many persons.
Giving the details of the modus operandi of the racket, Sharma said the conman collect the PIN numbers of ATM users in deceit and using the mobile applications such as 'DM Oxygen, YP Cash, Ready Cash, ZP Cash and Mo-bike' transfer the money from other accounts to their mobile phones.
"Later they use this money for recharging the mobile phones of other customers," Sharma said adding that on a payment of Rs 500, they would even offer to recharge the phones by Rs 1000.
Based on a complaint filed by a local TV reporter, who was victim of this racket, a special squad of the city police arrested Mondal from Jamtara in Jharkhand and he was brought here on transit remand.
