Pune: Two men arrested for withdrawing money from ATMs using cloned cards

Two men have been arrested for allegedly withdrawing money from ATMs using cloned ATM cards. The accused have been identified as Nnam Gabriel Chukwuebuka (35) and Bashir alias Lucas Williams (31). Both are Nigerian nationals.

According to a press release on Friday, an offence was lodged with the cyber police station of Pune City Police on April 28 in which unidentified persons had withdrawn Rs 1.1 lakh from a bank account through multiple ATM transactions over three days.

The original ATM card of the bank account holder was not used in this case, but still money was withdrawn from ATMs without the knowledge and consent of the bank account holder, police said.