Claims or fraud and such similar happenstances with the NRIs have blasted through the roof with new cases being reported every other day. In recent news, an Indian Chartered accountant has been snubbed into custody by the Anti-Bank Fraud Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) for allegedly swindling off INR 32 lakhs from the bank account of an NRI residing in Dubai.
The 45-year old suspect, Sivaraj, has his own office in the city and was accused by Das Shanty Devadoss who claims to have experienced the fradulency. He has been residing in the United Arab Emirates for the past 15 years.
According to the reports suggested by the victim, he said that he received a message stating the direct debit of 170,208 UAE dirhams which is equivalent to almost 32 lakhs in the Indian currency. The same transaction was done from the Emirates NBD Bank located in Dubai. The victim was shocked because the hefty transaction wasn’t done by him.
For immediate action, he reported the same to the ENBD Bank at the Dubai Airline Centre branch. The same complaint has also been escalated to the Dubai cyber crime branch. The bank authorities stated saying that this direct remit was done under fraudulent grounds to a person in India named Rajkumar.
The amount involved was transferred to a bank in Chennai, India. On further notes, the bank in Dubai has already alerted the individuals present in the Chennai bank to look into the matter.
Upon direct instructions, City Police Commissioner A.K. Viswanathan looked into the case and found the culprit who has been arrested already. Further investigation on the case is currently going on to ensure better clarity on the details.
