“On a priority basis, the police have arrested the suspects including the bank employees. We have suspended the bank employees till the results of the investigation,” the bank said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Our systems have detected unauthorized and suspicious attempts at transactions in certain accounts. Based on the system alerts, we reported the matter to law enforcement agencies for further necessary investigation and lodged an FIR,” the bank said.
The bank further stated that it is extending full support to law enforcement agencies in the investigation. “At HDFC Bank, there is zero tolerance for any malpractice, financial or otherwise,” it added.
The Delhi Police Cyber ​​Cell has arrested 12 persons, including three employees of HDFC Bank, for attempting to make unauthorized withdrawals from a high-value NRI account.
KPS Malhotra, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DCP) (Cyber ​​Cell) informed today that 66 attempts of unauthorized online transactions on high value accounts were made by the group.
“The accused had fraudulently obtained the check book which has been recovered. The mobile phone number, similar to the US-based phone number of the account holder, was also obtained by the fraudsters,” the DSP said.
He further added, “Based on technical evidence, footprints and human intelligence, several geographical locations were identified. In all, 20 locations were raided in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.”
Further raids are on and the matter is being investigated.