Credit Card Fraud: Another suspect arrested

LAHORE:

The Federal Investigation Agency’s Response Centre for Cyber Crimes (NR-3C) has arrested another man in the fake credit card case registered on the complaint of the Fraud Risk Management Unit of the United Bank Limited.

Irfan Hussain, one of the suspects, was arrested on Monday following the arrest of his accomplice, Tanveer Iqbal, in a raid on December 27.

The police had recovered fake credit cards, a laptop, the machine used to make the cards and four CNICs. One of the four CNICs the team had seized in the raid had Hussain’s photo on it but it was originally issued in one Tariq Hussain’s name.

The other three belonged to Chaudhry Tahir Amin , Sarwar and Ali.

An FIA official said the suspects have confessed during interrogation.

During FIA investigations, the data of the fake card used at the Metro Cash and Carry was traced to a Kyrgyzstan national. The FIA official said Hussain had allegedly hacked the data a year ago and used it to make the fake card. He said Hussain had said during interrogations that his brother Khalid was also allegedly involved in the activity.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 12^th, 2012.