Pramesh S Jain
The Cyber crime police have registered an FIR against unknown person gained access to company’s account to transfer Rs.47 Crore .
Based on the complaint by Prakash M,senior manager of the company (Whizdm Finance Private Limited Company)situated Kadubeesanahalli,Marathahalli the police have registered a case under IT act and also under section 318 (cheating )and 319 (impersonation ) for further investigation on Saturday.
According to the complaint,the management noticed the fraudulent transactions on August 7,during the Company’s manual reconciliation process and that several irregular and suspicious transactions had been effected to certain accounts without the Company’s requisite authorisation .
Upon discovery,the Company immediately placed a debit freeze on the relevant bank accounts and duly informed its bank,before initiating internal investigation .
Probe revealed that the transactions had not been initiated from the systems and done from IP addresses which were not part of the authorised list .
Further inquiries revealed that the IP addresses originated from outside India and based on our internal calculations,we estimate that a sum of approximately Rs.47,00,00,000/- (Indian Rupees Forty-Seven Crores) has been unlawfully transferred.
The cyber crime police are now trying to track down the accused based on the transactions details .
