Delhi Police nabs man who duped shopkeepers claiming to waive off rental charges on UPI transaction soundbox
PTI. As per police, the accused used to work in a bank three years ago and has experience installing QR codes for UPI payments at shops and private vendors.
Identified as Nadeem, the accused is a resident of Bhopra in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad. Police said that they received three such complaints in which the victims lost money.
In one of the complaints, ₹35,000 was transferred fraudulently from the account of a 61-year-old man, who runs a grocery shop, said a senior police officer. ALSO READ: UPI transactions surged to 9.3 billion in June 2023, driven by P2M, says Worldline report The officer added that two more complainants -- a grocery shopkeeper and a ‘chole bhature’ vendor -- were cheated of ₹39,000 and ₹7,400 respectively, adding some other such incidents were also reported.
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