Cyber fraudster cheats bizman to tune of Rs 30 lakh

A 62-year-old businessman lodged a complaint over cheating at the Vanrai Police Station after Rs 30 lakh were embezzled from his savings account by an unidentified miscreant. The fraud came to light when the complainant Kishor Nagda noticed that his mobile network service was not operational and he was not being able to access to his bank account on his phone. After approaching the bank, Nagda realised someone had sneaked into his account and had withdrawn the said amount.

According to the police, Nagda has a partnership with two business companies and all the official bank operations were done from a Dena Bank branch in Goregaon east. For his own convenience and to handle monetary transactions at ease, Nagda had linked his mobile number with both the accounts.

"The first account had Rs 40.3 lakh and in the second, there were Rs 3.17 lakh. Nagda's phone had no network on May 5 and May 7. When the service resumed, Nagda realised that his netbanking was not functional on his phone. After failed attempts to restart it, he approached the bank manager," a police officer said.

The manager after going through the transaction records informed Nagda that during the two days, while his network was faulty, someone executed multiple transactions from both the accounts. Nagda realised that from his first account, someone had transferred a total of Rs 26.35 lakh to different bank accounts via Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and Rs 3.17 lakh were misappropriated via National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) method.

"We have registered a case under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and section 66 (c) and 66 (d) of the Information Technology Act. The search for the accused is underway," the officer added.

SNOOPING

• Nagda realised that from his 1st account, someone had transferred a total of Rs 26.35L 
   
• Rs 3.17L was then misappropriated via NEFT from his another account