Delhi Police have arrested a 22-year-old man for his involvement in five cases of ATM fraud. Pintu Kumar, from Bihar, would block buttons on ATM machines, observe users' passwords, and then withdraw money after they left. Police identified Kumar as a suspect due to his similar modus operandi in previous cases. During an investigation into fraudulent withdrawals, police set up a trap based on a tip and arrested Kumar after he blocked buttons on an ATM machine in Badarpur.

1. Delhi Police Arrest 22-Year-Old ATM Fraud
NEW DELHI:With the arrest of a 22-year-old youth, Delhi Police today
claimed to have solved five cases of cheating ATM users by blocking the
cash dispensing machine.
The accused,identified as Pintu Kumar, hailing from Jahanabad, Bihar,
was arrested by the staff of Badarpur Police Station yesterday. Five cases
of cheating of differentareas in southeast with similar modus operandi
have beensolved, police said. On May 6, one Madan Kumar had reported
to police that Rs 25,000 have been withdrawn from his account through
ATM in three installments (10,000+10,000+5,000)at the same time and
date.
A case was registered by police in this connectionand investigation was
taken up. Police observed that in the recent past, there was a spurt in the
incidents of cheating at ATMs with users failing to withdraw money, but
cash being debited from their accounts. During investigation, the police
team verified the records of all those criminals had a similar modus
operandi.
"Finally, we zeroed in on one Pintu Kumar who had earlier been arrested in
a similar case. Yesterday, tip off was received that he would come in the
area of Badarpur for committing the crime. A trap was laid and at about
12:40 PM, Pintu Kumar came there on a motorcycle with broken number
plate and was caught," said DCP (southeast) Mandeep Randhawa. During
interrogation, he admitted his involvement in several cases of cheating
committed at ATM centers by blocking some buttons of the machine. He
disclosed that he had learnt this modus operndi through internet on "ATM
hacker video.com".
To cheat the ATM users, he along with his accomplice fixed(*), (#) and
(cancel) buttons of the ATM machine with the help of pieces of blades and
Fevikwik. After that, one of them remained inside the booth. When anyone
used the machine, he noticed the Password of the ATM user. Since some
buttons were already blocked,the machine remained hanged, he said.

2. When the user left the ATM, Pintu released the button with the help of a pin
and withdrew the money using the password of the customer.
They used to target ATMs situated in rural areas where mostly clients do
not know how to operate the machine. They even asked their password
and changed their ATM card very cleverly and as the client left the place,
they withdrew the amount with the actual ATM card, police said.