CCB sleuths have arrested two men on the charge of obtaining credit cards by furnishing fake documents and cheating banks.
The suspects are Narien Jaipal (37), a resident of Sahakarnagar and a native of Thiruvananthapuram and Abubackker K (39), a resident of Mangaluru.
The police recovered gold ornaments, home appliances, fake documents, electronic gadgets, a car and a bike worth Rs 25 lakh.
According to the police, the suspects operated from an office on MG Road. They created fake voter identity cards, driving licences and identity cards of reputable firms.
With the help of these fake documents, they applied for PAN cards and mobile SIM cards. Later, they opened accounts in banks and based on fake documents, even got credit cards.
Initially, they made credit card payments on time. Once the credit limit was increased, they bought gold ornaments and electronic gadgets. They put them up for sale on online classified portal OLX India.
They collected the money from customers after selling the products but never made credit card payments. Based on an alert, the police raided their office and detained them. The two confessed to the crime during interrogation.
In another case, the police arrested Naveen Kumar (30), a resident of Kundapura and Manu (38), from Uttarahalli and seized three mobile phones and documents in an online cheating case.
The suspects clicked the picture of a car and advertised it through OLX India. A man noticed the advertisement and contacted the two. The suspects told him that they had parked the car at KIA parking lot and shared an account number directing him to transfer Rs 92,900 which included the car’s cost and parking charges.
The duo requested him to meet them at the KIA parking lot to collect the key. The suspects switched off their phones after the conversation. The complainant contacted them repeatedly, but there was no response.
Later, he approached the police and lodged a complaint.
Published 07 July 2017, 20:09 IST