Andheri BPO staffer steals gift card info of US nationals, siphons Rs 70L

MUMBAI: A software professional was arrested on Tuesday for siphoning off Rs 70 lakh from several gift cards of US nationals in a month after he was hired by a Andheri-based business process outsourcing (BPO) firm.
The accused, Yusuf Ansari (26), a Bandra resident, joined the BPO in the first week of October and was assigned the role of collecting the details of gift cards.Ansari sold the card details to one of his accomplices who, in turn, sold the details to others and paid him Rs 40 lakh.
Ansari's employer learnt about the fraud when the company did not receive any payment against the details that the accused has collected. Based on the complaint, deputy commissioner of police (zone IX) Satyanarayan Chaudhary formed a squad-assistant commissioner of police (DN Nagar division) Arun Chavan, Amboli police senior inspector Bharat Gaikwad and a detection team-zeroed in on Ansari and arrested him after his role in the fraud was established.
Ansari's role was established in the fraud after the investigators sought his bank details. In the complaint, Ansari's employer said, "We are into the business of selling gift cards and get commission for the same. When the company's bank account was not credited with the commission from its clients, we got suspicious." During the probe, the police found out that Ansari used to collect information on the gift cards belonging to customers like (date of birth, PIN, password and the card number and the card's details). "The info was sold to his friend staying in the US who sold it to hackers and fraudsters there," said the investigators.
Ansari has been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code for 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating).