5 held for credit card fraud

MUMBAI:
Five persons, including three women, were recently arrested for misusing a
credit card belonging to a developer and making purchases of Rs 77,000 with
it. One of the women is an
employee of the developer, Arun Patel, a occupant of Bajaj Road at Vile Parle
(E). He runs an business office in the suburbs, right beside that of his brother. Patel
had applied to a prima private sector depository financial institution for a recognition card and soon one was
sanctioned to him with a bounds of Rs 1 lakh. However, the twenty-four hours the card was
delivered at his office, Patel was
away. "One of Patel's women
employees got the recognition card from his business office and conspired with two friends
about using it," an investigating police force military officer said. "Later, the three women
contacted a common acquaintance, Pratin Jethva from Borivli, who offered to help
them out." Jethva incidentally
knows a jeweller, Lalit Jain, who runs a salesroom near Borivli station. On
January 26, Jethva went to the store and spent Rs 43,200 by swiping the credit
card. The police force said Jain knew that the card did not belong to Jethva, but he
did not object to it. Later, Jethva and the women made additional purchases of Rs
33,800, the functionaries said. Meanwhile, the depository financial institution intimated
Patel about the money spent through his recognition card. Patel, who was shocked
since he did not even cognize that the card had been delivered at his office,
called the Borivli police force immediately. After a probe, the three women were
arrested on January 27 and two years later, Jain was also held. Jethva was also
arrested later. All five were
produced before a metropolitan tribunal at Borivli for remand.