Japanese man falls prey to card fraud

GURGAON: A Japanese national was duped of Rs 50,000 in an

ATM card fraud

. However, an FIR was registered on Sunday, over six months after the incident took place.

The victim identified as Chikara Nakajima, on September 3, 2016 received five transactions alerts on his mobile phone.

In each of the transactions, Rs 10,000 was deducted from his

Standard Chattered Bank

account.

Nakajima in his compalint stated that he immediately contacted the bank and got the card blocked.

Nakajima who was working with

Hankyu Hashin Express India Pvt Limited

at that time, and has returned back to Japan now, police said.

An FIR has been registered under sections 420 (cheating) of the

IPC

at the DLF Sector 29 police station.