A cyber theft case has come under the jurisdiction of Telibandha police station in Raipur. A fraudster introduced himself as the director of a car company and gained the trust of Shweta Sharma, the bank manager of the IGKV branch of the State Bank of India, got him a fixed deposit (FD) of about ₹ 2 crores and transferred ₹ 4.99 lakhs in the name of medical payment to a Mumbai bank account through RTGS.
Bank manager told to make ₹2 crore FD contact
According to the police, on August 20, a person called Shvetha Sharma on her mobile. After receiving the call the accused contacted me through message.
The accused stated his name as Prashant Mandhan and introduced himself as the director of Intara Car Company. On August 21, showed interest in making a fixed deposit i.e. FD worth about ₹ 2 crore, asked for information about the bank's interest rate.
The bank manager informed him about 6.45 percent interest rate. During the conversation, the bank manager believed him to be dead because the accused said that he would come to the bank on Monday.
Demand for ₹4.99 lakh in the name of medical payment
On August 24, the accused again contacted the bank manager. He said his check book was exhausted and he had to make medical payments immediately. On this basis, he has asked to transfer ₹ 4 lakh 99 thousand to another bank account through RTGS.
The accused bank manager also sent him an application regarding payment. For this a fake email ID has been used. After matching the documents and signatures the bank manager completes the payment process.
Company's fraud revealed after 40 minutes
At around 1:20 pm, the bank manager transferred ₹4.99 lakh to the Central Bank of India account in Mumbai's Kurla area. But after about 40 minutes, the manager of the concerned company contacted the bank.
The company informed that no such payment request has been sent by its company. Later, the bank manager suspected that there was fraud in the case.
During investigation, it was found that the mobile number and e-mail ID used by the accused were not registered in the company records. Subsequently, it has become profitable to transfer money using fake documents and identity details.
Police registered the case and started technical investigation.
Based on the information given by bank manager Shwetha Sharma, Telibandha police registered a case under section 318(4) of BNS against a person with unknown mobile number.
Police are examining technical evidence related to mobile number, e-mail ID and bank account to ascertain the identity of the accused. Information about the transactions of the account to which the money has been transferred and the persons associated with it is also being collected.
The police are investigating from where the accused company got the information to contact the bank manager and how he prepared the entire scheme to transfer the money by preparing the payment application through fake e-mail.