Bizman loses money to US card fraudsters

Chennai

The victim, Francis Anthony of Velachery, who is into garment business, travels abroad often for work and uses international debit/credit cards for easier transactions. He received two SMSes in the first week of August that his international debit was used to purchase a few products on target.com in Brooklyn, USA. Shocked businessman immediately approached Adyar Deputy Commissioner V Vikraman.

Based on Vikraman’s instructions, the cyber cell of the police district conducted an inquiry and came to know that the businessman’s debit card was cloned by fraudsters and products were purchased using the duplicate card online. Police swung into action and immediately placed ‘charge back’ request on the transaction with the victim’s bank and pursued till the fraudulent transaction was blocked by the intermediary.

On September 1, the victim received the entire amount of Rs 46,819 credited back into his bank account. The petitioner visited the Deputy Commissioner’s office and thanked the team for their efforts. The cyber cells were established in all 12 police districts by Commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal to investigate cyber offences.