Monday, December 21, 2009

One held for ATM fraud, cash, car recovered

The local police on Saturday arrested one for ATM fraud and recovered Rs 11.3 lakh, several ATM and debit cards and a car from him. Police
said the accused Rajendrakumar Kulkarni, a resident of Navanagar here, used to misguide people at ATMs to achieve his goal.

Explaining his modus operandi, police said Kulkarni used to select places where two or more ATM machines are located and wait for gullible people. Once the customer entered the PIN number after swiping the card, he asked him to try on another machine saying the one he/she was using is under repair. Then he checked the balance and then cleared it.

According to the information available with the police so far, Kulkarni has cheated at least six people in Hubli-Dharwad including Shivappa Pattanashetty, a senior citizen, and one in Upparpet, Bangalore. Pattanashetty had lodged a police complaint leading to his arrest.

Kulkarni was arrested on Saturday morning after a security guard at an ATM in Dammanagi Plaza here alerted police after he grew suspicious about Kulkarni's movements.