Three HDFC bank employees, 9 others held for attempting to withdraw Rs 5 cr from NRI’s account

Tuesday, 19 October 2021Newsdesk
Three HDFC bank employees, 9 others held for attempting to withdraw Rs 5 cr from NRI’s account
Twelve persons, including three HDFC bank employees, have been arrested by the cyber cell of Delhi Police for allegedly trying to hack into a prominent NRI businessman’s account and withdraw Rs 5 crore .

New Delhi, 19 October 2021                                                                  

As per news report of The Indian Express, initial investigation has revealed that the businessman had Rs 200 crore in his account and the accused tried 66 times to transfer money from his account to their accounts, said the police. DCP (Cyber Cell) K P S Malhotra told The Indian Express that those arrested include a 32-year-old relationship manager and two of her colleagues working with the technical support team of the bank. “We have received a complaint from the HDFC alleging that they have noticed that some illegal attempts were made to access one NRI bank account. Attempts were made to withdraw cash from the account after using the fraudulently obtained cheque book and attempts were also made to update the mobile phone number in the KYC of the same bank account by replacing the already registered US mobile phone number with a similar or identical Indian mobile phone number. They also alleged in their complaint that in all 66 attempts were made to access the internet banking of the account,” Malhotra said.

Source - indianexpress.com

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