In the Malaysian underbelly of card cloning, data comes at a price, determined by the potential victim's passport. The Mumbai Crime Branch found this out after questioning R Manoj Kumar, the mastermind of a recently-busted card cloning scam. While information on Middle Eastern targets is the most expensive at $200-$250, data of Indians is the cheapest — at around $2-$3. The data on Indians is the least expensive because the credit limit on their cards is comparatively less.

Kumar revealed this to the cops after being arrested by the property cell of the crime branch on July 12 from Chennai airport. He'd been living in Malaysia for a while, and was held after a lookout notice was issued against him.