Lankan held for card fraud in India

CHENNAI: A Sri Lankan national, who along with his accomplice, a city-based software professional, used fake credit cards to make purchases worth Rs 200,000 over the past two months was arrested by the Indian police on Thursday. The police are yet to nab the software professional.

Senthuran, a Sri Lankan national who lived at Madipakkam, and Kumar, a software engineer, forged credit cards and used them to buy mobile phones and several other valuables. They also created fake PAN cards, which were used as ID proof while swiping the credit cards at retail outlets.