Two held for cheating petrol pumps with fake payment apps
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Jaipur: Police Sunday arrested two men accused of cheating petrol pumps across Sriganganagar district by using fake online payment apps. Officers said the duo would fill their car and containers with large quantities of diesel, show a bogus payment confirmation on a cloned app, and drive off before the fraud was detected.
A car allegedly used in the crimes was also seized.
The accused, identified as Preetpal Singh, 24, and Pushpendra Singh, 23, are both local residents. Complaints came in from multiple areas, including Raisinghnagar, Gajsinghpur, Srikaranpur, and Padampur, prompting police to launch a technical investigation.
The case was cracked on Aug 7, when a petrol pump employee in Padampur reported that two youths in a car took 145 litres of diesel and paid using what appeared to be an online transfer.
The payment later turned out to be fake. Based on evidence gathered, police traced and detained the suspects.
According to police, the men repeatedly targeted fuel stations using cloned payment gateways that displayed false "successful payment" screens. In one incident, they allegedly took diesel worth Rs 30,000 from two petrol pumps in the Srikaranpur area, filling both their vehicle and large containers.
Police said that in some cases, when pump workers realised the payment did not go through and confronted them, the men threatened the staff before speeding away. Investigators believe they resold the stolen fuel to truck drivers at a cheaper rate, making quick profits while evading payment to pump owners.
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