Firm loses Rs 10 lakh as staff takes orders from fake email ID

| Jun 17, 2018, 09:03 IST
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MUMBAI: Two unidentified persons have been booked for creating a fake email address of a chairman of a private company based in south Mumbai and siphoning off Rs10 lakh between May 29 and June 2.
The matter came to light when the chairman checked the bank statement and found some money missing. An employee of the company, Faiyaz Mukthiyar (62), said, “The fraudster asked us to transfer funds to another bank account number for immediate business purpose.” Based on the instructions, the company’s employees transferred the money. A police team has been formed to track the accused.

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