Credit card racket busted in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Three Nigerian nationals have been arrested by the police from South Extension market on Tuesday for allegedly running an international credit racket in the Capital. Seven cloned credit cards were seized from the accused, who used them to buy electronics and other goods from upscale markets in Delhi. More arrests in the racket are expected. The crime branch stepped up action on receiving a complaint from a bank that a fake credit card is being used for purchase at a South Extension market. They later apprehended the suspects on Tuesday. Interrogation of the accused revealed that they had been using fake credit cards to do shopping in Delhi. A S Cheema, DCP, (crime and railways), informed that, "the accused had procured the cards from a friend in Nigeria. A laptop and seven mobile phones were seized from them. The... [read full story]