MUMBAI: After the arrest of two more persons on Saturday in connection with the Rs 1 crore bank e-fraud, the number of people caught by theMulund police in the case has risen to 11.
The police expect even more arrests in the case, which involved the transfer of money from a cosmetics company director's current account to 12 bank accounts in the city, Navi Mumbai, Thane district and Uttar Pradesh in just 45 minutes. The account of the victim, Ankur Korani, was hacked into on January 29 between 9.15am and 10am.
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A woman identified only as Pillai (34) and a person named Kumar (24) were the latest to be arrested. They were caught on Saturday evening when they visited the Virar branch of a private bank to withdraw Rs 6 lakh each from their accounts.
"All those arrested used fake PAN cards, voter's identity cards, and electricity and telephone bills as address proof to open bank accounts," a police officer said. "The banks were negligent as they opened the account without any background verification. The RBI should take firm action against the banks' lethargic approach."
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The police expect even more arrests in the case, which involved the transfer of money from a cosmetics company director's current account to 12 bank accounts in the city, Navi Mumbai, Thane district and Uttar Pradesh in just 45 minutes. The account of the victim, Ankur Korani, was hacked into on January 29 between 9.15am and 10am.
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A woman identified only as Pillai (34) and a person named Kumar (24) were the latest to be arrested. They were caught on Saturday evening when they visited the Virar branch of a private bank to withdraw Rs 6 lakh each from their accounts.
"All those arrested used fake PAN cards, voter's identity cards, and electricity and telephone bills as address proof to open bank accounts," a police officer said. "The banks were negligent as they opened the account without any background verification. The RBI should take firm action against the banks' lethargic approach."
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