2 students held for using fake Paytm to dupe store of ₹30k
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:12.09.2018
Police on Tuesday arrested two college students for cheating a supermarket owner in Thoraipakkam of ₹30,000 by claiming to have paid through Paytm while actually using a spoof app.
A court sent the arrested men — Kiran, a 20-year-old catering college student, and Stelly, a 22-year-old engineering student — to jail. Police registered a case against seven others for their involvement in the crime. Investigators are searching for them.
A police officer said the students, who always came in a group, had been buying eatables and packed goods for the past three months and paying through Paytm. They would show the screen saying ‘paid’ to Velraj, who owned the supermarket, and leave with the goods.
When Velraj recently verified his bank accounts, he found there was a shortage of ₹30,000 with regard to goods sold and money received. He questioned Kiran, who is from Bengaluru resident, and Stelly, fom Kerala, who said it would take some time for the money to be transferred from their accounts to his.
Not convinced, he again questioned them on their next visit and then informed the Thoraipakkam police. A team arrived at the spot and detained the two students at the police station.
During interrogation, the two men confessed to cheating the shop owner using a spoof Paytm app. “They said they used the same modus operandi to cheat a few other small shops in the locality. We are taking complaints from the owners of the shops where they made purchases for between ₹2,000 and ₹5,000,” the officer said.
“Velraj, the supermarket owner in Thoraipakkam, failed to check his account immediately after the purchases were made as he thought the money would be credited to his account after a delay and that he would receive an SMS later. Caught up in his hectic daily schedule, he forgot to check his account,” he said.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:12.09.2018
Police on Tuesday arrested two college students for cheating a supermarket owner in Thoraipakkam of ₹30,000 by claiming to have paid through Paytm while actually using a spoof app.
A court sent the arrested men — Kiran, a 20-year-old catering college student, and Stelly, a 22-year-old engineering student — to jail. Police registered a case against seven others for their involvement in the crime. Investigators are searching for them.
A police officer said the students, who always came in a group, had been buying eatables and packed goods for the past three months and paying through Paytm. They would show the screen saying ‘paid’ to Velraj, who owned the supermarket, and leave with the goods.
When Velraj recently verified his bank accounts, he found there was a shortage of ₹30,000 with regard to goods sold and money received. He questioned Kiran, who is from Bengaluru resident, and Stelly, fom Kerala, who said it would take some time for the money to be transferred from their accounts to his.
Not convinced, he again questioned them on their next visit and then informed the Thoraipakkam police. A team arrived at the spot and detained the two students at the police station.
During interrogation, the two men confessed to cheating the shop owner using a spoof Paytm app. “They said they used the same modus operandi to cheat a few other small shops in the locality. We are taking complaints from the owners of the shops where they made purchases for between ₹2,000 and ₹5,000,” the officer said.
“Velraj, the supermarket owner in Thoraipakkam, failed to check his account immediately after the purchases were made as he thought the money would be credited to his account after a delay and that he would receive an SMS later. Caught up in his hectic daily schedule, he forgot to check his account,” he said.
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