New Delhi: Five people, including a woman, has been arrested for allegedly sucking RS 1.3 Crore from German-based NRI bank accounts.
Mastermind, Sumit Pandey (24), trade graduates, previously worked with the same bank.
The co-accused, Shailendra Pratap Singh (42), has done MCom from Delhi University.
Singh asked his colleagues, Jagdamba Pandey (22) and Adarsh ​​Jaiswal (23), to withdraw the signatures in the victim’s checkbook.
The fifth association, Neelam (32), a med, disguised as a victim and received account credentials changed and asked for a new checkbook and ATM card by referring to customer service.
The case of fraud was registered in November 2020 at the Rajendra Nagar police station for complaints of Canika Girdhar, NRI who lived in Germany.
“When he tried to get into his bank account, he was rejected The ATM was recently released for alleged brother, Vishal, “said DCP (Central) Shweta Chauhan.
Girdhar said he did not have a sibling and did not ask for a new checkbook and an ATM card.
During the investigation, Pandey revealed that he accessed a bankruptcy bank account and learned that Rs 1.3 Crore lay in it.
He provided information to Singh, who hatched a conspiracy to withdraw money.
Singh started a fake company, Indian Labor Pvt Ltd, in Badkhal Chowk in Faridabad to supply workers to a construction company.
“He employed 10 odd workers and made them open an account in several banks.
He got a registered cellphone number of a complainant account, which was not active because it was not used for three months, it was released back on behalf of the worker and arranged internet banking on it.
He later Start transferring money into a worker account, “DCP said.
Tata Nexon, motorbike, RS 27 lakh cash and two iPhones were confiscated from the defendant.
Singh also bought property worth Rs 41.5 lakh at Shastri Nagar.