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Update: 2018-04-25 07:27:15
Fraudster clones ATM cards to steal money The seized equipment and Shariful

DHAKA: The young man who was detained on charge of withdrawing lakhs of taka using forged ATM cards after cloning others’ cards, have disclosed the trickery he applied to steal the money, during an interrogation Wednesday (April 25).

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police produced the ATM card fraudster, Shariful Islam, before the media at a briefing at the CID office, at noon.

After passing HSC in 2003, Shariful went to Russia for studying marine engineering where he learned how to make a forged ATM card, from his roommate. He returned to Bangladesh in 2010.

He served as a staff at a departmental shop in Banani where he used to scan the data of the customers’ ATM cards, by using his watch having specialized device. Afterwards, he used the data to clone the ATM cards and later withdraw money of others accounts by those copied cards, said CID Special Superintendent of Police (SSP) Molla Nazrul Islam.

“He camouflaged with wig and sunglass while withdrawing money from the ATM booths”

“Though he served at the super shop but his main profession was forging cards. He used to maintain luxurious lifestyle by the money earned illegally through the forgery,” said Nazrul.

“Several crores of taka was found after scrutinizing his bank account,” added the CID SSP. 

However, CID nabbed Shariful from the capital’s Mirpur on Monday night (April 24), on information that a gang is stealing money from the accounts of the subscribers of five banks—Brac Bank, City Bank, Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL), United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCBL) and Bank Asia--by using cloned ATM cards. 

A laptop, 1,400 cloned ATM cards, a magnetic strip card reader & writer, 3 machines, digital watch, 2 mini card reader devices, 14 passports, 8 mobile sets, a credit card of Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd, a wig, a sunglass and 3 NID cards were recovered from his possession.

The 33-year old fraudster is from Gangni upazila of Meherpur.

In 2013, Shariful also served 18 months in jail in two cases filed over similar forgery and later got release.

BDST: 1727 HRS, APR 25, 2018
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