Thursday, July 17, 2008

Another ATM fraud: Woman loses Rs 25,000 - Expressindia.com - 17 Jul 2008

Pune, July 16 A woman lost Rs 25,000 to an ATM card fraud on Sunday soon. The victim, Trupti Nitin Menvelkar (39) of Tejas Society, Kothrud has lodged a complaint with the Kothrud police station.
Police said Trupti and her husband had gone for a movie at City Pride theatre on Saturday evening.

While coming back from the cinema hall, she lost her wallet carrying her ICICI bank ATM card. On Sunday, she received an SMS from the ICICI bank that Rs 25,000 has been withdrawn from her account in three transactions.

Trupti has told the police that her ATM card was blocked around 12.30 pm on Sunday. While the money was withdrawn from her account around 1.15 pm.

Investigation officer D A Walimbe said that money was withdrawn from the ATM centres in the city.

"The ATM centres were installed with CCTV cameras. So we have asked the bank to get the video clips of the time when money was withdrawn," he said.

Walimbe said that Trupti works with a private company. She has an account with Apte road branch of ICICI.

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