HSBC cyber crime: Police to seek interpol help

Bangalore, June 28: The city police have embarked on the task of tracking down the accomplices of Nadeem Kashmiri, a staffer of a multinational bank, arrested last night on charges of data theft, which was used to illegally transfer money from the bank accounts of UK-based customers.

Director General of Police, Corps of Detectives K R Srinivasan told UNI here today that the police were on the job to identify the 'co-fraudsters' in the crime. If need be, it would seek the help of Interpol as the crime had an international dimension, he added.

He said ''This is the first case of 'fraud by information' that has been committed in this city. The police will dig out all facts and bring to the guilty to the book. The accused will be charged under IT law as well as under the Indian Penal Code for forgery, breach of trust and cheating.'' Mr Srinivasan said the accused had carried out six transactions and siphoned off 2.33 lakh pounds belonging to HSBC account holders in UK before the bank management could stop them with the help of its internal security techniques.

The fraud came to light after some account holders in Britain had complained to HSBC that money in their accounts had been debited without their knowledge. Following this, city-based HSBC Electronic Data Processing India Ltd, where Nadeem was working until he was suspended on June three, filed a complaint with the cyber crime police station in the city on June 22.

UNI

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