Visakhapatnam, Jan. 4: Task Force personnel arrested a call centre employee of HSBC bank for swindling Rs 47 lakhs from the account of a Greek woman. Rahul Kumar, 27, who was arrested on Sunday, was working at the HSBC call centre at Siripuram.
Mr K. Ananda Reddy, sub-inspector, task force, said Ms Eva Pagony had used the customer service to check her account balance at the bank’s Dubai branch on September 15. Rahul attended the call and asked Ms Pagony about her account details. However, along with the account number, Ms Pagony told Rahul her ATM pin number also. Rahul advised Ms Pagony not to disclose the pin number ever and explained the consequences it may lead to.
Later, Rahul got tempted and decided to withdraw money from Ms Pagony’s account. Rahul opened an account in the name of Spectrum Construction with a Visakhapatnam address and started to withdraw money.
He withdrew Rs 10 lakh two times and later withdrew Rs 12 lakh twice. At Kolkata, he withdrew Rs 3 lakh. He purchased a vehicle and cleared his credit card debts of Rs 4 lakh. All transactions took place during the last two months. When he felt the bank suspected something fishy about the transactions, Rahul took a break from work for 15 days.
Meanwhile, the vice-president of the bank, Mr Hary Cooper, lodged a complaint with the commissioner of police when Rahul was away. Rahul, unaware about the complaint, came back to his flat at Vuda park on Sunday. The policemen, who were waiting for him there, took him into custody and seized his car.
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