Bhopal police have arrested a Romanian national for fraudulently withdrawing money from ATMs of a nationalised bank. The accused and his friend from Mumbai had illegally withdrawn over Rs 16 lakh from 200 accounts of Bhopal. The accused is living in India illegally as his passport was seized earlier for similar crime, informed police. Accused Ayonal Miyu (50) and his associate Firoz Khan (38) were arrested for the crime. They would fit skimming machine and a high resolution camera at ATM machine.

 

The accused will then prepare a clone of ATM cards inserted in the machine using data recorded by skimmer. The camera was used to read the PIN of the cards, said police. Bhopal Police commissioner Harinarayan Chari Mishra said the accused Miyu and Khan would cover their faces for withdrawing money from ATM machines. They stole data from Bhopal but made transactions in Delhi, said police. The accused will reach Bhopal for recce of the ATM machines where he would fit the machines with his associate, said the cops. It was recently a customer of the bank reported the fraudulent withdrawal with the police after which the investigation began and cops found that all these transactions were made in other cities. They would hire autos and taxis in Bhopal for the crime.

 

The team probing the case found that accused Firoz had used a taxi for the crime and his details were accessed. They were traced and arrested by the team. Cops found skimmer, camera, 4 ATM cards, digital MSR which were used to make a card, digital multi-meter, 7 iron sheets of size of ATM card, a module of ATM machine along with the passport of the accused. Police said the accused would change their location after withdrawing money. Romanian national is an addict of cocaine and he said that he wanted money for the same. Police are also probing if he was involved in any supply of cocaine or other intoxicants in the country.