Madhya Pradesh: Fraudsters replace UPI QR codes outside shops to dupe customers

Police in the Khajuraho region of Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district are investigating a series of thefts in which thieves replaced QR codes of shops and establishments with their own QR codes, resulting in the money being transferred into the fraudsters' accounts. According to police, nearly half a dozen establishments, including petrol pumps, were affected.

In some cases, QR codes of shops were swapped with the fraudulent ones, while in other cases, new codes were pasted directly over the original ones. Khajuraho police station in-charge Atul Dixit confirmed the incidents.