New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested 12 persons, including 3 employees of HDFC Bank, for allegedly attempting unauthorized withdrawal from a high value NRI account and fraudulently obtaining checkbooks.
The accused were arrested for allegedly hacking the account of a prominent NRI businessman and trying to extort Rs 5 crore, Indian Express reports.
Police said that preliminary investigation revealed that the businessman had Rs 200 crore in his account and the accused tried 66 times to transfer money from his account to his account.
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According to the report quoting DCP (Cyber Cell) KPS Malhotra, the 32-year-old relationship manager and two of his associates working with the technical support team of the bank are among the accused arrested.
Police have recovered the checkbook that the group had obtained as well as a mobile phone number which was identical to that of the account holder who lived in the US.
Delhi | Twelve people, including 3 HDFC Bank employees, were arrested for their involvement in attempts to make unauthorized withdrawals from NRI accounts of high value. 66 attempts of unauthorized online transactions by this group on high value account: DCP (Cyber Cell) KPS Malhotra
— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2021
The police have arrested the suspects including the bank staff on the basis of the FIR. “We have suspended the bank employees till the outcome of the investigation. The bank is extending full support to the law enforcement agencies in the investigation,” the bank said.
A complaint was filed with the Cyber Crime Unit, where the bank alleged several unauthorized internet banking attempts at an NRI bank account.
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