Lucknow: A Kamta-Chinhat resident has reported a credit card fraud to the Cyber Crime Police Station after unauthorised transactions worth ₹7.47 lakh were allegedly made from his account. Police have registered a case and begun an investigation to trace the perpetrators and recover the remaining amount.According to the FIR, the complainant noticed multiple suspicious transactions on his credit card in the early hours of Oct 15. He alleged that an unidentified person carried out purchases totalling ₹7,47,588 without his knowledge or consent.The victim said he immediately contacted the national cybercrime helpline 1930 and subsequently filed a formal complaint. After the report was raised, ₹5,53,088 was refunded, but ₹1,87,500 is still unrecovered, leading him to approach the police for further action.A case has been registered under provisions of the Information Technology Act related to identity theft, along with relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita concerning cheating and dishonest delivery of property.Investigators are examining the transaction trail, identifying beneficiaries of the disputed payments, and probing how the card details were compromised.
