Delhi police arrest three HDFC employees and others in fraud case

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• Oct 19, 2021 | moderator

New Delhi: Delhi cyber cell police unit arrested three HDFC employees and 12 others in a fraud case. Police arrested them for cheating and trying to make an illegal withdrawal from the account of a Non-Resident Indian (NRI).

The Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Cyber Cell, KPS Malhotra, stated that they had recovered a fraudulently obtained cheque book from the accused's possession. The official stated that the accused person had made 66 trials to make online transactions.

Moreover, they got an Indian mobile phone number similar to the USA's mobile number of the account holder enrolled in the KYC. As per sources, HDFC Bank had registered a complaint with the Cyber Crime Unit of Special Cell. The bank alleges there that there are several unofficial internet banking attempts marked in one NRI bank account.

They made trials to get an updated mobile phone number in the KYC of the same bank account by replacing the previously registered US mobile phone number with a related Indian mobile phone number.

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The police made a special team to arrest the accused based on technical footprints and human intelligence. Based on technical proof, footprints, and human intelligence, multiple geolocations were classified.

In total, raids were administered at 20 locations across Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Therefore, the police arrested the acussed from the locations. The accused were identified as R Jaiswal, G Sharma, A Kumar, A Tomar, H Yadav, S L Singh, S Tanwar, N K Jatav, S Singh, D Chaurasia, A Singh.

After the investigation, it has been exposed that the main mastermind has come to know that the stated NRI account is dormant. They also found that the account has huge funds. Along with his associates R. Jaiswal, G. Sharma, and A.Singhal had collected data concerning the account.

With the assistant of one female employee of HDFC, they got issued a cheque book of the account. Also, they removed the account freeze. The inquiry has unveiled that HDFC bank employee was promised Rs 10 lakhs and insurance business of Rs 15 lakhs.

Advocate Deepak Tyagi further stated that the female employee of the bank and eight others were sent to judicial custody.