18 held for duping credit card holders of Rs 2.60 crore; data theft from call centre

NEW DELHI: Eighteen people were arrested for duping credit card holders across the country, except those from Delhi, of nearly `2.6 crore, Police said on Saturday.

“The accused, who were arrested after a six-month-long operation, obtained confidential customer data through insiders at a Gurugram-based call centre, posed as bank executives and tricked victims into revealing details such as OTPs and CVVs,” an officer said.