5 Arrested For Duping Banks Using PAN Details Of Celebrities

New Delhi
Five people have been arrested for duping banks of over Rs 90 lakh by using PAN details of 95 celebrities including Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and former captain of the Indian cricket team M. S. Dhoni, and getting credit cards issued in their names, an official said on Friday.
According to officials, the cards were issued from Pune-based fintech startup One Card. Some of the other celebrities whose names and details were used by the fraudsters were Shilpa Shetty, Madhuri Dixit, Emraan Hashmi, Saif Ali Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, Alia Bhatt, Sonam Kapoor, Hritik Roshan, among others.
The accused were identified as Puneet, Mohd Asif, Sunil Kumar, Pankaj Mishar and Vishwa Bhaskar Sharma. Addressing a press conference, the Joint Commissioner of Police, Chhayya Sharma said that a complaint was lodged by Prem Shekhawat authorised representative of M/S FPL Technologies Private Limited Pune -based company wherein it was alleged that several accused persons have cheated their company to the tune of Rs 21,32,572 by creating fake PAN Card and Aadhar card of celebrities.
During investigation, police collected the IP Addresses from one card credit card company, device ID of accused persons, IPDR of 95 mail IDs, CDR of mobile numbers and details of bank accounts which were involved in settling the cheating amount.