Madurai: Serial thieves, who cheated on people who did not suspect, most of the elderly, by swiping their debit card with the pretext of helping them withdraw money from the ATM, arrested by Madurai District Police on Wednesday.
The perpetrators claimed to steal money in a tone around Rs 6 lakh from many people in 18 places in several districts in the state.
According to the police, the defendant has been identified as M Dilliganesh, 28, from the Kanchipuram.
“The defendant had targeted parents and pretended to help them when they were at the ATM.
He even waited for the victims to enter their PIN numbers and lure them to give them their debit card for a moment.
He then gave a blank card to the victim and immediately used the card and immediately used the card Debit of the victim to withdraw cash for himself, “said V Baskaran, police supervisor, Madurai district.
The 28-year-old man was arrested in Thiranganagalam after a elderly man reported the man’s cheating of Rs 10,000.
He already has a case against him at the USILAmpatti because of deceiving victims of Rs 40,000 in the same way.
Investigation, it was found that the defendant was a serial actor and claimed to be at least 17 other instances where he stole money by deceiving people at the ATM.
The man has traveled across the country and has deceived the victims of Rs 5,30,000 using the same modus operandi in several districts, including being eroded, villupuram, Sivagagai, Theni, Pulajottai, Namakkal, Tiruppur, etc., Police suspect that he can cheat evenly More people.