04-09-2005, 04:23 AM
This is serious.-
<b>US clients hit by ex-employees</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pune, April 8|01:05 IST
It's not the first BPO-related crime in the country, and it's definitely not going to be the last.
The Pune police has unearthed a racket involving<b> former call centre employees who siphoned out about $3.5 lakh (around Rs 1.5 crore) from the Citibank accounts of four Americans and went on a spending spree, buying cars and mobile phones. Twelve persons have been arrested</b>.
Police commissioner DN Jadhav said the <b>30-year-old main accused, Ivin Thomas, illegally procured the Personal Information Number (PIN) of the US nationals while working with a call centre in the city</b>. After quitting the BPO last December, he and his friends opened bank accounts using false names and used the Internet to transfer the money from the US accounts to their accounts.
The police refused to divulge the name of the BPO, which is based in Bangalore.
The transaction was made between January and March this year, the police commissioner said, adding that the police swung into action after the bank registered a formal police complaint.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>US clients hit by ex-employees</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pune, April 8|01:05 IST
It's not the first BPO-related crime in the country, and it's definitely not going to be the last.
The Pune police has unearthed a racket involving<b> former call centre employees who siphoned out about $3.5 lakh (around Rs 1.5 crore) from the Citibank accounts of four Americans and went on a spending spree, buying cars and mobile phones. Twelve persons have been arrested</b>.
Police commissioner DN Jadhav said the <b>30-year-old main accused, Ivin Thomas, illegally procured the Personal Information Number (PIN) of the US nationals while working with a call centre in the city</b>. After quitting the BPO last December, he and his friends opened bank accounts using false names and used the Internet to transfer the money from the US accounts to their accounts.
The police refused to divulge the name of the BPO, which is based in Bangalore.
The transaction was made between January and March this year, the police commissioner said, adding that the police swung into action after the bank registered a formal police complaint.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->