The Delhi Police Crime Branch has claimed to have busted a gang using FASTag to cheat people in the name of activating credit card services. The police said they have arrested three men and seized luxury vehicles and other SUVs from the possession of the accused.
According to the police, the accused cheated people of Rs 80 lakh in less than a month.
The matter came to light while the police were investigating a murder case. Senior officers said one of the gang members was living with the murder accused. The man, Mohd Zahid, 22, was caught with a laptop, mobile phone, card swipe machine, and SIM cards. When he was questioned about his belongings, he couldn’t give a reply.
After being detained, Zahid told the police he is part of a gang that has been cheating people on the pretext of credit card activation and other services. He was tasked to manage the fake accounts of the kingpin Pawan Singh. He also revealed the name of his associate, Ravi Mittal, who would create FASTag wallets using the victim’s account details.
Crime Branch officers said the gang used FASTag wallets to siphon off money from the victim’s accounts and later divert it. The men targeted customers of several banks and would call them posing as officers.
Ravindra Singh Yadav, Special Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch), said, “The gang approached people who recently bought new credit cards. Mittal would create FASTag wallets while the other gang members would take the personal account details of…
