Judge Lodges FIR Complaining Withdrawal of Rs 1.2 Lakh by Cloning his Debit Card

A Mumbai judge has filed a complaint stating that his debit card was cloned and that money totalling 1.2 lakh was taken from his Salary account on several dates over the course of a year. On February 4, a first information report was filed at the Kurla police station in Mumbai, based on a complaint from the Metropolitan Magistrate.The judge discovered the fraud after updating his passbook in January of this year. Transactions totaling 1.2 lakh had gone unaccounted for, much to his amazement. After the judge’s debit card was allegedly duplicated, these transactions were allegedly done every month at ATMs in various places starting in January 2021. Based on his allegations, a FIR was filed under the Information Technology Act’s Sections 66C (identity theft) and 66D (cheating by personation by using computer resource) and the Indian Penal Code’s Sections 419 (cheating by personation) and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property).

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