AHMEDABAD: The manager of a public sector bank having its head office in Lal Darwaza on Monday filed a complaint of cheating against an unknown person who withdrew Rs 3.07 lakh in 32 transactions from one particular ATM, in the Lal Darwaza area, between September 27 and October 4, 2020 by hacking the machine using some type of software.
In his FIR with Karanj police, Pradeep Kumar, 53, a resident of Chandkheda and the bank’s assistant general manager, stated that they noticed suspicious transactions last year and found that Rs 3 lakh was withdrawn illegally.
“We checked CCTV footage and found a man had made 32 transactions from the ATM. We noticed that money was debited from the ATM but was not deducted from any account even though the man was seen using an ATM card to withdraw money,” Kumar stated in the FIR.
He said the money was debited using ATM cards of various banks. Kumar said after inquiring into the case, they found that the ATM had been hacked, and the man withdrew the money using illegal means.
Karnaj police registered a case of cheating along with charges under the Information Technology Act against an unknown person. Police have yet not arrested anyone in the case.