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As Aadhaar becomes mandatory to open bank accounts, cyber thugs switch to digital wallets

LUCKNOW:  Cyber thugs  have started using  e-wallets  as opening  bank accounts  is getting difficult without Aadhaar card. The revelation came when a three-member gang was busted by special task force of UP police on Wednesday noon. The three arrested from  Vibhav Khand , Gomtinagar asked victims to deposit money in Paytm wallet and confessed to interrogators that they were unable to open fresh bank account for carrying out fraudulent activities without providing Aadhaar. Cyber wing of STF pursued complaint it received over email last month. The complainant from sector 24 in Noida had been duped of Rs 3,400 he paid to buy an electronic device. The team probing the case found out that Nadeem Haider, Vikas Kumar and Rahul Yadav had managed to get their hands on personal information of 6,000 customers who had shared their details with Snapdeal. Nodal officer of cyber wing, additional SP Triveni Singh said, "They posed as sales executive of Snapd...