VASCO
Unknown persons allegedly cheated two Vasco residents of a total of Rs 87,000 by fraudulently exchanging their ATM cards under the pretext of offering assistance at ATM kiosks in separate incidents on June 26.
In the first case, Bhaskar Lotlikar (64) of Merces Vaddem filed a complaint stating that while he was at the Canara Bank ATM kiosk in Vasco, unknown individuals approached him claiming to help withdraw cash.
Under the guise of assisting him, the accused managed to swap the ATM card of Lotlikar’s wife with another card. The accused then used the stolen card to conduct two unauthorised transactions amounting to Rs 57,000.
In a similar incident, Durgappa Madar (30), from Mestawada, Vasco, was targeted at the Bank of India ATM kiosk.
According to his complaint, unknown persons approached him under the pretence of helping him withdraw cash and, using deception, swapped his ATM card.
The accused later withdrew Rs 30,000 from his account through three transactions of Rs 10,000 each, without his consent. Vasco Police have registered two separate cases against the unknown accused under Sections 318(2), 318(3), 318(4), and 303(2) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023.
PSI Plato Carvalho is conducting further investigation under the supervision of PI Vaibhav Naik and guidance of Mormugao DySP Gurudas Kadam.
