Cyber fraud in Ajmer: Bank manager transfers Rs 29 lakh after verifying forged documents; FIR registered

AJMER: The manager of a private bank registered an FIR on Friday for a fraud involving the bank amounting to Rs 29 lakh. He claimed that he made the money transfer in three transactions as per the records of a company, but later it was found that he was duped. Cyber police are investigating the matter. According to police, bank manager Abhishek Maheshwari of a private bank situated at Suchna Kendra made a complaint that he received a call where the caller claimed to be from a private company and said they had an account in his bank. "He stated that the cheque book of the bank was over and he needed to pay some money. He mailed a request on the letterhead of the company." The bank manager checked the letterhead and also the signature of the authorised signatory as per the bank's records and then released the money in three transactions to the number given in the letterhead.

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