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Mumbai:- An Indian woman has accused a branch manager of ICICI bank, one of the largest banks in the country, of defrauding her account of about Rs 16 crore. The bank has admitted the fraud. This woman named Shweta Sharma says that she had transferred money from her American account to ICICI Bank account.She hoped that this money would be converted into FD.
She alleges that a bank official opened fake accounts to withdraw money from his accounts, forged his signatures, got debit cards and check books issued in her name.
In this matter bank told that As an aggrieved party, we have lodged a complaint with the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police for a thorough investigation into the matter which appears to be much more than meets the eye. We are extending full co-operation to the police investigation.
Bank Transfer Account Without Consent
Shveta Sharma, a resident of Gurugram, filed a complained with the Economic Offences Wing in Delhi on January 29, alleging that an ICICI Bank official moved her account from old Gurgaon to Vikaspuri without her consent and siphoned off money from there. She raised a claim of Rs 16 crore from the bank in her complaint.
The branch manager of the Vikaspuri Branch was subsequently suspended by ICICI Bank, though Sharma’s complaint had named 11 bank officials who had interacted with her. ICICI Bank denied going into details on the ongoing investigation. Bank Told We refrain from commenting on the ongoing investigation. However, in response to the insinuations raised in your queries, which you got from the customer, we would like to draw your attention to the following points listing out its argument.
ICICI Bank Mumbai-headquartered has clarified that it has launched a complaint with the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi to look into allegations raised by a customer of a Rs 16-crore fraud in her account by a branch manager.