A senior manager of a nationalised bank has told the Pydhonie police that the bank statements of his credit card showed cellphone recharges and online purchases worth `74,000 that he never made. The police is yet to trace the accused.
The 57-year-old complainant Radheshyam Dayal (changed name) is a general manager with a nationalised bank, which has a branch in the jurisdiction of Pydhonie police. Mr Dayal, a resident of Goregaon, told the police that he has been using the credit card — which has a credit limit of `75000 — since 2007 .
According to the police, the fraud came to light in February earlier this year when Mr Dayal learnt through the bank statements of his credit card that some unknown person, had made online purchases and cellphone recharges worth thousands of rupees.
He immediately contacted the bank and blocked his credit card. After making inquiries with the bank, he recently lodged an offence with the Pydhonie police. “A case under Sections 420 (cheating) and 419 (cheating by impersonation) of the Indian Penal Code and various sections of Information and Technology Act has been registered,” an officer confirmed, adding, “We are yet to make arrest in the case.”
A source said that, prima facie, a probe revealed that the accused somehow managed to get the details of the credit card of the victim and used it to make the transactions. Police is trying to trace the Internet Protocol address that was used by the accused.