Bengaluru: The Banaswadi police have arrested six men from Nigeria and Uganda and one from Bengaluru who allegedly carried out a series of online heists through fake ATM cards.
The police have identified the arrested persons as Eremhen Smart (33), the prime accused, and his associates Martin Nsamba (25), Jolly alias Nambooz (23), Tinah, Kenny alias Ajany (23), Oloadeji (34) and Vikram Rao (40).

According to the police, Payal Mandal, a techie, has filed a complaint about the scams allegedly carried out by the six men. Cyber Crime police found that the accused used fake ATM cards to swipe Rs 94,000 from a travel agency located at Manyata Tech Park in Bengaluru.

The transactions were traced back to Eremhen Smart and he led the police to the others.

The accused would skim data from ATM machines and create fake ATM cards with which they would conduct online transactions. They also managed to generate OTP numbers to make online payments. Police were unwilling to reveal more details on how exactly the scam was carried out.

Police said other member of the gang – Hillary Kiegen alias Tiger, a Kenyan national, is  in Goa. They suspect there is an organised gang carrying out such frauds.