Online fraud: Ambala-based firm duped of Rs 90,000

AMBALA: The Baldev Nagar police have registered a case of criminal breach of trust and cheating after an amount of nearly Rs 90,000 has been stolen in different transactions from the Axis Bank account of Maffick Instruments, an electronic products firm, based in Ambala City since 1994.

Vipan Sarin, owner of the firm, has filed a complaint with the district police and expressed unhappiness with the experience he had with the Axis Bank despite informing about the online fraud on time.

Vipan Sarin told TOI, “On February 17, evening when we came to know about such transactions, we immediately contacted the bank which in place of taking timely cognizance of the matter guided me to approach the customer care service. We blocked the card on February 17 evening, despite that the transactions were committed on February 18, after 12.00 am.”

Sonia Sharma, accountant of the firm told, TOI, “Despite blocking the card, the transactions were committed. Our card got blocked in the evening on February 18, but till date, we have received nearly 40 messages of failed transactions on the mobile number linked to the bank account.”

Baldev Nagar SHO said, “A case under section 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered. The firm owner alleges that nearly Rs 90,000 have been stolen from his account in online fraud and all the transactions are suspected to be committed through some foreign country. We have started the investigation into this case.”