HYDERABAD: Equipped with a bogus correspondence, fraudsters introduced as cybercrime officials and was able to move Rs 1.18 crore by a Kolkata bank accounts, earlier suspended on the petition of Hyderabad authorities, at the multi-city loan fraud situation.
The incident happened in April, but came to light on Monday in which an ICICI bank officer lodged a complaint using Hyderabad cybercrime authorities about an effort by fraudsters to siphon away cash from frozen bank account within their Gurgaon division.
On April 21a guy approached an ICICI division at Alipore, Kolkata using a bogus letter stating that the officer in-charge, cyber mobile authorities, Lal Bazaar, Kolkata, has led the lender to unfreeze 12 balances and transfer the sum into an SBI accounts.
“The fraudster also revealed a bogus police identification card and asking how Kolkata authorities may give directions to the lender regarding the situation investigated by Hyderabad authorities, the lender officials moved Rs 1.18 crore into the SBI accounts as stated in the correspondence,” cybercrime ACP KVM Prasad explained.
“In the SBI accounts, the cash was moved to numerous accounts at different places and pulled immediately,” he further added.
Police sources stated that the Rs 1.18 crore was originally transferred into an SBI accounts of Anand J at RGI Airport SBI division.
“The particulars of the account holder would be imitation,” police said.
As a part of an advance fraud instance, Telangana authorities had enrolled 28 instances, including 211 programs and detained 32 accused.
Police composed to banks and also froze 1125 balances throughout the nation comprising approximately Rs 190 crore.
In the same way, from the next week of April, fraudsters sent a bogus letter from the title of Hyderabad cybercrime authorities to Udyog Vihar division of ICICI bank in Gurgaon requesting them to unfreeze 39 accounts connected to an advance fraud case enrolled in Hyderabad.
“From the correspondence directions were awarded to move the sum from suspended accounts to four charge accounts.
However, the bank officials felt that something was wrong and alarmed their Hyderabad workplace,” the ACP said.
Bank officials confirmed with authorities and realised that the letter was bogus and through the following query found out about the fraud in Kolkata.
On Monday, a representative of ICICI bank lodged a complaint with authorities and also a forgery case has been enrolled.
“We’ve filed a case under the 66-d of their IT Act, 419, 420, 468 and 471 of the IPC, regarding this bogus Hyderabad authorities letter obtained by the ICICI bank in Gurgaon.
The lender filed another complaint in Kolkata regarding the fraud perpetrated in Alipore,” cybercrime Inspector D Prashant stated.