ATM card fraud has happened again in the capital Dhaka and beyond. This fraud happened by cloning the cards of three customers, BRAC Bank. In view of the bank's complaint, Bangladesh Bank requested DMP Counter Terrorism and Transitional Crime (CTTC) unit to investigate the matter. CTTC has already started investigating this fraud case. Additional Deputy Commissioner of CITT's Cyber Crime Unit Nazmul Islam confirmed this.
After receiving the information from the Bangladesh Bank, a general diary was submitted to the city's Ramna Police Station on behalf of CITTC's cyber crime. Cybercrime Unit, after the court permission, was searched.
CTDC sources said, a customer of BRAC Bank had a card with him, but the money was withdrawn on August 3 from GPO booth in Chittagong. Another customer's card was used to withdraw money from the Standard Chartered Bank booth in Shyamoli Ring Road area on 4 and 5 August. Apart from this, a customer's card was used to withdraw from the eastern bank's booth number 10 on Mirpur-10 from July 16 to 20.
CTDC sources said, with the assistance of the Bangladesh Bank, in the initial investigation, they came to know that cloned cards were used in buying some goods from Banasree ‘Shopno Super Shop’. On July 16th and 20th, these cards were used to fraudulently in ‘Shopno Super Shop’ with the Mutual Trust Bank's point of sale machine (MTBL terminals no-20500457).
Additional Deputy Police Commissioner Nazmul Islam of CITT's Cyber Crime Unit said, “We believe that anyone of the Mutual Trust Bank's card division can be involved in this event.” Some bankers are also on the suspect list.”
When asked about this, BRAC Bank's Head of Communications Zara Jabin Mahbub confirmed the incident, “False incidents have happened with our three customers. We have reimbursed those who were affected by this incident immediately. He further said, 'We have investigated the incident. It has been seen that this incident happened in an ATM booth and POS (Point of Sale) machine of the banks.”
This happened for the first time with a customer of our bank. We are investigating the matter with importance.
CITT official said, “In February last year, four people, including one foreigner, were arrested in connection with card fraud by the cyber crime unit under Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch. The investigation is still underway. In the investigation, a cyber-crime unit was found. In the event of fraud, many bank's card division officials were also involved. In the ATM booths, they used to install special cameras, knowing the passwords of the customer's card and cloning the card, they used to fraud. When the incident was discussed at that time, public and private banks increased surveillance in their ATM booths. Some banks especially form part of the press button of their booth card password button. Some banks especially form part of the press button of their booth card password button so that no secret camera can able to know the password.
CTTC said the card fraud cell was underground for some time due to the activities of law enforcing agencies at the beginning of last year. Officials are assuming that they are back in the field. The current or former officials of a local bank may also be involved with this cycle. Besides, they think that any foreign citizen can also be involved in the incident.