' Dead man' forges a cheque for Rs 8.5 lakh.USING cheques for transactions is not very safe these days. An advocate with a reputed law firm in South Delhi South Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. It is bounded by the Yamuna River to the east, and by the districts of New Delhi to the north, East Delhi to the northeast across the Yamuna, Gautam Buddha Nagar District of Uttar found this out the hard way when someone stole his cheques, forged them and withdrew Rs 8.5 lakh lakh Noun (in India) 100 000, esp. referring to this sum of rupees [Hindi lākh] Noun 1. lakh - the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten 100000, hundred thousand from his account. That is not all. The account used to withdraw the money was fake and had been created using the identity of a dead man. The case was reported from a Punjabi Bagh Punjabi Bagh is an area of Delhi, India. Considered one of the upper middle class areas in West Delhi, Punjabi Bagh has seen rapid commercial growth since the mid-nineties with the opening of innumerable banks, restaurants, health clubs and other businesses in the area. branch of HSBC HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC Humane Society of Broward County (Florida) HSBC Humane Society of Bay County (Bay County, Michigan) Bank. Srijoy Das, who has a savings account Savings Account A deposit account intended for funds that are expected to stay in for the short term. A savings account offers lower returns than the market rates. Notes: with HSBC Bank, had Rs 9 lakh in his account till a few days ago. So he was surprised when he was told that a cheque he had issue had been dishonoured for insufficient funds. " HSBC told me a cheque bearing number 041223 for an amount of Rs 8.5 lakh had been cleared from my account in favour of one Aman Sharma," Das told the police. Das then examined the cheque book cheque book Noun a book of detachable blank cheques issued by a bank he had recently got from the bank and found two leaves less. It had 23 leaves instead of 25. The last cheque had been forged by the culprit to withdraw the money. The police then probed the details of the bank account to which Das's money had been transferred. It was a joint account in which Sharma was one of the holders. The account was found to be created with fictitious documents. " Sharma died a few months ago. His family was shocked to hear his identity was misused by someone to open and operate a bank account," an officer said. DCP DCP - definitional constraint programming West Sharad Aggarwal said: " The joint account used to withdraw the money with the forged cheque was opened in the name of fictitious persons, one of whom died recently." The officers are trying to locate the other account holder. " We cannot reveal the person's name as the case is under investigation," an officer said. The police said somebody who knew Das's account details may have stolen the cheque leaves. Das told the police: " The culprit had regular access to my account details. He must have checked the balance before encashing the cheque to ensure that it did not bounce." Copyright 2009 India Today Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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