Ajay Sujay Hanje, Pune
A woman of Indian origin- who moved back to India from the US- has allegedly been dupee for an amount of 13.5 crore rupees by an ICICI bank manager as he was engaged in fraudulent activity.
Woman contacted the BBC British Broadcasting Corporation l, claiming that she had transferred 13.5 crore rupees from her US account to an ICICI Bank account, to invest in fixed deposits. As per her expectations her money was supposed to to grow till the amount of 16 crore rupees in the coming age.
Shveta Sharma, and Indian citizen who moved back to india with her spouse in 2016, says she meet the fraudester manager through a friend.
The fraudulent manager that women alleges, adviced her to invest her money in fixed deposits where they offered an interest rate of 5.5% upto 6, since the rate of interests are very low in the US
“He gave me fake statements, created a fake email ID in my name and manipulated my mobile number in the bank records so I won’t get any withdrawal notifications,” this is what shveta informed the BBC
“Over a period of four years from September 2019 to December 2023, we deposited our entire life savings of around ₹ 13.5 crore in the bank,”she said ,which she added to that “with interest, the sum would have grown to more than ₹ 16 crore.”
Shveta Sharma said that she founded earlier this January that all her money had disappeared after she was offered better returns by a different employee at the bank.
A speaker from ICICI BANK informed the BBC that the accused manager has been suspended and is undergoing investigation.
The BANK said they had filed a complaint with EOW economic offences wings of Delhi Police and they are waiting for the investigation to be completed and for them to come to a conclusion. She will get all her money back, with the interest, once her claims are proven true she will receive everything back, but unfortunately she has to wait. Was what the speaker informed told the BBC
He said it was “bewildering” that she remained “unaware of these transactions and balances in her account over the past three years.
He said it is “bewildering” that all this time the money that went missing went unnoticed by her and had no idea about the transactions made and remaining balance in her account from the past three years.