Superintendent of police said, “A probe revealed that neither ATM nor e-wallet was used to take out the money, but it was withdrawn through Aadhaar enabled Payment System (AEPS)”
"... the men used to get hold of Aadhaar & Voter I-card of some persons & then forge them by printing their own photos on them. Then they used to open bank a/c's under the new identities & then apply for loans."
"I don’t know how the CSP operator has managed all this even after the transaction system has been attached with finger print enabled system and Aadhaar identification."
Fraudsters create fake Aadhaar in farmer's name; obtain SIM card using Aadhaar; link obtained mobile number with farmer's bank account; withdraw 6.75 lakhs from the farmer's account.
"The gang was altering the age of women between 35-44 to over 45 years on their Aadhaar cards to make them Cheyutha beneficiaries. They were collecting Rs two to five thousand from each gullible woman"
These centre owners had Aadhaar of people in the locality, collected during earlier instances when they applied for other government schemes. Within days, there were agents all across villages collecting Aadhaar
"In another case, fake Aadhaar cards were used to create a fake power of attorney to facilitate sale of a property on OMR,” said a senior police officer in Chengalpet district."
According to a complaint filed a person named Neelesh Kumar had called Saroj 2 years ago & asked her to send Aadhaar card & photograph in the name of getting funds under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. She did so
"The mafia made forged power of attorneys on behalf of the oustees by using their Aadhaar cards and got these attested from a notary public in Sriganganagar."
Bank of India outsources Aadhaar creation process to former CSC operator. After normal banking hours, he would use the bank's ID for Aadhaar enrollment and charge between Rs 200 - 1,000.
Several students in Jharkhand have had their Aadhaar & fingerprints taken, & scholarships disbursed in their names, but many have received only a fraction of the amount — if at all anything.
“I had given my fingerprints and Aadhaar details but I didn’t know an account had been created in my name. I didn’t get any money. Also, there is no hostel in the school,”
"Some persons involved in fake invoice racket are reportedly targeting unemployed persons in name of providing engagement to them & in turn using their Aadhaar card and other details to establish fake companies"
3 persons were arrested for fraudulently using Aadhaar details of villagers in Bargi in Madhya Pradesh''s Jabalpur to activate 7000 SIM cards which were then used by inter-state criminals to carry out cyber crimes outlookindia.com/newsscroll/mp-…
"Mishra floated 23 companies in the names of poor individuals across the country, including some in Bengaluru who had a PAN & Aadhaar. He paid them handsomely to use their documents"
"He used PAN & Aadhaar details of poor individuals from his village in Rajasthan & created fake companies in their names. He produced invoices through them for bogus services to the tune of ₹𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗲"
"Shah, became an agent of the e-wallet company by providing Aadhaar & fingerprints for KYC & 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 this with customers of Easy Pay to access their bank a/cs & siphoned off their money"
"It seems that the Aadhaar system is not safe as someone has created a clone of my fingerprints and withdrawn money, which raises several questions about the system."
"... using the fake Aadhaar, the accused opened an account in a private bank & took a personal loan of Rs 40000 from a private finance company in MP Nagar."
"A case in point is Madavi Anil Kumar ... who alleged that an operator has withdrawn ₹6,000 from his account on June 8 after he gave his thumb impression to find out his account balance."
"Police sources said that through the Aadhaar information, the fraudsters got Shah’s banking details. As Shah’s old sim card had been suspended, he did not get any messages alerting him to transactions."
"The STF also recovered electronic data of 25,000 citizens which includes their phone numbers, Aadhaar & PAN details along with a separate list of Aadhaar & PAN details of another 6,000 people from the duo"
"while passengers may be able to opt out of scans for now, this seems unlikely to be an option in just a few short years."
"Govts are aware that it takes only small steps to desensitize citizens to technologies that can erode their freedom & liberties." businesstravelnews.com/Technology/Fac…