WEB DESK
One of the biggest bank cyber crimes has come into light in Dhanbad in Jharkhand, where cyber criminals transferred Rs 1.5 crore from the Axis Bank’s office account to their personal accounts through Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) mode without initiating any transaction request. The amount had been earlier transferred from Co-operative Bank to AXIS bank through RTGS.
The police has started investigating the case after an FIR was lodged in Dhanbad Cyber Police Station. Dhanbad’s Cyber Crime DSP Sumit Saurabh Lakra is investigating the case. Police is also examining the internal links and assessing the situation and connects inside the branch of Axis Bank.
In preliminary investigation, police has found 19 accounts present in different states, which have been credited with invariable amount transfers by breaching the bank’s RTGS account guidelines.
Afrem George Kujur, Managing Director of Cooperative Bank Dhanbad, in his statement alleged that the incident happened due to the negligence of Axis Bank. Mr Kujur said that no request for RTGS has been forwarded to Axis Bank on behalf of the bank on the said dates of May 29th and 30th.
Meanwhile, he has appealed the Cooperative bank customers not to bother. Mr Kujur assured customers that their money was safe in the bank.