Canara Bank in HSR Layout duped of Rs 4.8 lakh; accused tampered cheque meant for somebody else!

The Canara Bank branch located on 17th Cross, Sector 7, HSR Layout, recently became a victim of fraud. According to bank employee Vasanthi N (52), the accused happens to be Syed Fairoze Pasha, an autorickshaw driver who is absconding.

Vasanthi is the chief manager at Canara Bank in HSR Layout’s Sector 7 branch. Syed Fairoze Pasha happens to hold an account with her branch. On August 27, 2019 at around 3.15pm, he allegedly deposits a cheque of Rs 4.8 lakh to be transferred into his account.

The cheque happened to be from a company called Systems Control Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd. The same day, the money gets digitally transferred into his account. Pasha allegedly withdraws Rs 4.5 lakh in cash from the same branch. Later, he withdraws Rs 10,000 from an ATM and Rs 15000 through netbanking.

Two days later, the HSR branch receives an enquiry from their Electronic City branch. Apparently, the cheque was meant for another company called SMPS CMC Applications, but Pasha had withdrawn the money and defrauded the System Controls firm.

On August 31, an employee of Citi Union Bank’s Krishnagiri branch in Tamil Nadu informs the HSR branch that the System Controls firm had deposited the cheque with them on August 22, 2019, and it was meant for SMPS CMC Applications  However, the cheque vanished from the bank later. Therefore, HSR Layout’s Canara Bank has alleged that the accused tampered the cheque and made away with the money.

The alleged crime occurred between August 26 and September 4, 2019. The FIR was filed against the accused on September 4 at 9.30am. The HSR cops have registered a case of cheating and are investigating the whereabouts of the accused and the veracity of the complaint filed by the nationalised bank.