A former Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) was allegedly cheated by a gang that siphoned off ₹10 lakh from his checking account by a number of fraudulent transactions.
While the retired official claimed to have neither authorised the addition of any new payee nor shared any One Time Password (OTP) to approve the transactions, he remembers to have answered some questions when one of many suspects referred to as him to replace his KYC data to maintain his BSNL cellular quantity lively.
Police sources mentioned T.S. Srinivasan, 85, a retired officer of the Indian Revenue Service, lodged a criticism with the Kilpauk police that on July 1, he obtained an SMS asking him to name a cell phone quantity inside 24 hours to keep away from deactivation of his BSNL SIM card.
Mr. Srinivasan, a resident of Chetpet, referred to as the quantity however there was no response. The subsequent morning, he obtained a name from one Manikumar claiming to be from BSNL’s Anna Nagar workplace. After posing some questions, the suspect requested the octogenarian to pay ₹10 for testing and updating the info.
While the complainant was unsure whether or not he shared any OTP, the caller confirmed to him that the KYC was up to date and disconnected the decision. Just a few hours later, he obtained texts on his cellphone notifying him of the switch of ₹10 lakh from his State Bank of India account to varied different financial institution accounts.
After requesting the financial institution authorities to dam his account, Mr. Srinivasan lodged a criticism with the police. Even later, he obtained a name and a few textual content messages from completely different numbers asking him to replace his KYC data.
Mr. Srinivasan shared the contact particulars of the suspects with the police and sought motion.
M.R. Sivaraman, former Union Revenue Secretary and pal of Mr. Srinivasan, who reached out to the Manager, SBI, Mylapore Branch, was capable of detect that the funds drawn fraudulently had been transferred to the financial institution accounts in Kolkata, Surat and Tiruvannamalai. “Steps have been taken to stop payment from those accounts,” Mr. Sivaraman mentioned.
Source: www.thehindu.com