Rs 3.58 lakh stolen from the ATM of a nationalised bank by an unidentified person using a skimming device

A nationalised bank has filed a complaint that an unknown person stole ATM card details of over a dozen of its customers and siphoned off Rs 3.58 lakh. [caption id=“attachment_4125035” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] An ATM skimming device. Image: Wikimedia.[/caption] Kalwa police in Thane have registered a case under section 420 (cheating) of the IPC and also under the Information Technology Act. According to the bank, an unidentified person wearing a mask and a cap was seen standing outside its ATM in Kalwa area between 7 and 9 September. It is suspected that this person had installed a `skimming device in the ATM, through which details of ATM cards are captured. Between 2 and 6 October, money was withdrawn from 14 accounts at various ATMs using stolen details, the bank said.