Four booked for duping bank of 3.13cr

SURAT: A 25-year-old computer engineer and three of his family members, were booked by police on Tuesday for allegedly duping a leading private bank of Rs 3.31crore.
Vasoya, a resident of Jasapara village in Gir Somnath district and currently living in Canada, his father Bhagvan, mother Mukta and brother Vipul, were booked for allegedly cheating ICICI Bank of Rs 3.31 crore.ICICI Bank official Raj Kumar Singhregistered the plaint in Puna police station.
The accused, Kapil Vasoya, who was in Canada on student visa, carried out the entire fraud between April and October this year.
"Vasoya transferred the money to an account in India through Money to India service of ICICI Bank. Once the money was transferred the person in his touch withdrew it from Indian account and immediately Vasoya used to withdraw money from his account in Canada before transfer charges got debited," said H I Solanki, ACP, A-Division.
The accused used fake identity documents to open bank accounts and transaction ID. Since the fake documents were used they remained untraceable.
Vasoya had opened 63 different bank accounts in Canada and India. Using those accounts he transferred money in 161 transactions. The accused opened accounts in Canadian banks like Nova Scotia Bank, Bank of Montreal Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and The Toronto Dominion Bank. In India the accounts were opened in State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda and ICICI Bank. Police are yet to arrest the accused.