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Another Case of Credit Card Fraud!
By Ankit Sharma
May 19, 2008
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In another case of credit card fraud, A Pydhonie-based businessman has fallen prey to an online credit fraud. The businessman was charged Rs. 24,770 on his ICICI Bank credit card, when the credit card was allegedly used to buy airline tickets from an online site.

Asif Iqbal Topiwala, 37, of Topiwala & Sons, said, "I was at home with my family on April 28 when I received two messages from ICICI bank at 2.26 pm and 2.27 pm respectively stating ‘you have made a transaction of Rs11, 600 to purchase online airlines tickets’ and ‘you have made a transaction of Rs13, 170 to purchase online airlines tickets’. I was shocked since I did not buy any tickets by using my credit card."

After receiving the messages, Topiwala, who supplies caps to the Mumbai Police, contacted the customer care centre of ICICI Bank. "I was told that I had purchased eight Deccan Airlines tickets to Bangalore for May 1. I immediately asked the bank to block my credit card and also sent a mail to the airlines to help me track down the culprits. I then lodged a complaint at Pydhonie police station," he said.

Investigating Officer Kailash Bondre said "After receiving the complaint, we laid a trap at Santa Cruz domestic airport and arrested one Mohd Asif Abdul Aziz Mudrawala, 35, with his seven family members."

The police questioning of Mudrawala yielded the name of Javed Habib Kasmani of National Travels at Pydhonie, from whom, the alleged had purchased the tickets for Rs16, 000.

Kasmani has been arrested for fraud and remanded in police custody till May 23 by the court. The police are, however, on the lookout for his travel agent friend Raju who allegedly booked the tickets.

This case follows many such incidents of credit card frauds all around the country. Just three months back, 3 individuals were caught in Shoppers Stop, while they were using Shah Rukh Khan’s misplaced credit card.


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