The cyber unit of the Delhi Police has detained 12 people, including three HDFC bank workers, for allegedly attempting to hack into a renowned NRI businessman’s account and take Rs 5 crore. According to the police, the businessman had Rs 200 crore in his account, and the accused attempted to transfer money from his account to their accounts 66 times. According to DCP (Cyber Cell) K P S Malhotra, those detained include a 32-year-old relationship manager and two of her co-workers from the bank’s technical support staff.
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Attempts were attempted to withdraw money from the account using the illegally acquired cheque book and update the mobile phone number in the KYC of the same bank account by substituting the already registered US phone number with a similar or identical Indian phone number. They also claimed in their lawsuit that 66 attempts to access the account’s online banking were attempted in total,” Malhotra added. The case’s facts were also shared with Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana, who was instructed to establish a team to investigate the plot.
Twenty raids were carried out in Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh. According to Malhotra, we have detained twelve people, three of them HDFC bank workers, who were engaged in issuing the cheque book, changing the mobile phone number, and lifting the account’s debit freeze.
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During interrogation, the accused stated that the mastermind learned that the NRI account is dormant and contains large sums of money. They promised her Rs 10 lakh and also promised her a Rs 15 lakh insurance company, which was the bank’s evaluation objective,” he added. According to Malhotra, the other two HDFC bank workers sought to update the phone number associated with the KYC.
