New Delhi: The Delhi Police Cyber Cell has arrested 12 people, including three HDFC Bank employees, for allegedly trying to withdraw money from the account of an NRI, officials said on Tuesday.
The bank had filed a complaint after noticing several unauthorised attempts to access a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) account using internet banking services and to withdraw cash it using a fraudulently obtained cheque book, the police said.
The accused also tried to replace a US-based mobile phone number associated with the bank account with an identical Indian number, they said.
HDFC Bank alleged that 66 attempts were made to access the internet banking services of the account, a senior police officer said.
During investigation, the police conducted raids on 20 locations across Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, and arrested 12 people, including three employees of the bank who were involved in issuing the cheque book, updating the mobile phone number and removing the debt freeze of the account, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Cell) KPS Malhotra said.
The accused had come to know somehow that the account was dormant and had huge funds, and they began gathering information about it, the police said.
