UK fraudsters involved in the BPO scam

BANGALORE: After the arrest of Nadeem Kashimiri, an employee of HSBC Electronic
Data Processing India Pvt Ltd (HDPI), the accused in the fraudulent transactions

through ATM, debit cards and telephone banking services, Corps of Detectives

have come to know that a team of fraudsters in UK are also involved the crime.






“A team of fraudsters were behind this crime. Kashimiri was passing on the
account details to these fraudsters based in UK. They used to withdraw money

using ATMs in the UK. Kashimiri used to get Rs 4000 per account detail through

Western Union Money Transfer for passing on the information,” said a senior

police official.






According to police, Kashimiri has received Rs 80,000 so far for passing on the
information. “Rs 12,000 was due to him. We are in the process of contacting UK

police,” said the police official.






Kashimiri was planning to settle in the UK after sometime, since his girl friend
and his brother are staying there, said the police. Currently Kashimiri is in

judicial custody for further investigations.






Meanwhile police has said that HSBC is in the process of transferring the money
to the customers whose accounts were affected due to the fraud.






Kashimiri is accused of diverting 233,000 pounds from the clients' accounts,
according to a complaint lodged by HSBC Electronic Data Processing India Pvt Ltd

(HDPI) with the Bangalore cyber crime police. The crime has been registered

under Section 66 and 72 of the IT Act read with 408, 468 and 420 of the IPC. The

incident came to light when around 20 customers informed the bank about money

being debited from their accounts without authorisation.






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