Mumbai: One person was arrested yesterday and a hunt launched for 11 others in connection with a Rs10m illegal transfer from a businessman’s bank account here, police said.
“We have arrested one person in this connection and are on the lookout for another 11 who are suspected to be involved in this fraud,” Additional Police Commissioner (East) Quaiser Khalid told IANS.
The financial crime — considered one of the biggest online banking and business fruads — took place on Thursday in Mulund in north Mumbai.
Ankur Korane, 29, a director in a cosmetic company, suspected something amiss that morning when he received 12 SMSes informing him of debits of Rs1.2m, Rs500,000, Rs1.5m and other amounts totalling Rs10m.
After the first two messages, Korane asked his bank to freeze his account but was told to furnish a police complaint. IANS
