Gang led by Pakistani sells Indian credit card data online

According to recent reports, a gang led by a Pakistani is selling credit and debit card details of Indian online and that too for just Rs. 500.

The happening was identified by a banking professional Jaykishan Gupta when he filed a complaint that his card was used on August 28 to make purchases of Rs. 72,401.

The gang involved in this activity is led by a Pakistani citizen from Lahore. Indian media says that the gang trades debit and credit card online with personal details including CVV number, connected phone numbers, and email IDs in exchange of Bitcoins on the dark web. Considering the fact that Bitcoin and Dark Web both lets the user to not leave any kind of clue behind, the gang used it of these criminal activities.

Times of India reported that the gang though used the card data only on international websites where OTP (One Time Password) is not required as compared to India where it requires OTP on most of its online shopping sites.

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However, as per reports, the gang was busted by Madhya Pradesh Police Cyber Cell when a detective faked himself as a customer and bought debit card details of an Indore-based women in exchange of Bitcoins. The investigation led to arresting of two members involved in the gang from Mumbai, reported Tech Juice.

The members were Rajkumar Pillai and Ramprasad Nadar who tried to buy air tickets under their names. MP’s cyber cell SP Jitendra Singh said, “Our investigation revealed that the card was used to buy air tickets for one Rajkumar Pillai of Mumbai. Pillai and his accomplice Ramprasad Nadar were rounded up. Pillai was a former employee of US-based IT service provider Cognizant and Nadar was employed with HDFC bank.”

As per the Cyber Cell, the Pakistani national involved is Sheikh Afzal from Lahore. “They started off purchasing details from their gang leader, Sheikh Afzal alias Soji, a resident of Lahore, Pakistan, in exchange of Bitcoins. One Gaurav Singh of Jabalpur also facilitated their operations. The gang procured credit card data for as low as USD 8. For every fraud they committed, a share of profit went to Soji as Bitcoins,” added Singh.

The Cyber Cell asserted that they will arrest Gaurav soon.