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ICICI Bank: Shveta Sharma moved to India with her husband in 2016 (Representational)
New Delhi:
An Indian-origin woman, who returned to India in 2016 from the United States, alleged that an ICICI Bank manager cheated her of Rs 13.5 million by engaging in “fraudulent activities”.
The woman told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that she had transferred Rs 13.5 million from her US bank account to ICICI Bank to invest in fixed deposits. She expected the investment to rise to more than Rs 16 crore in the next few years.
Shveta Sharma, who moved to India with her husband in 2016, says she met the accused bank manager through a friend.
The bank manager, the woman alleged, suggested she invest her savings in fixed deposits that offered an interest rate of 5.5% to 6%, since the interest rate on bank deposits in the U.S. It was insignificant.
“He gave me fake statements, created a fake email ID in my name and manipulated my mobile number in the bank records so that I did not receive any withdrawal notification,” Shveta Sharma. he told the BBC.
“Over a period of four years from September 2019 to December 2023, we deposited our life savings of around Rs 13.5 crore in the bank,” he said, adding that “with interest, the sum would increased to more than 16 crores.” “.
Sharma said he discovered earlier this year, in January, that all his money had disappeared after another bank official offered him better returns.
An ICICI bank spokesperson told the BBC that the accused manager has been suspended “pending investigation”.
“We have also lodged a complaint with the Economic Offenses Branch (EOW) of Delhi Police and have to wait till the police investigation is completed. She will get back all her money, along with interest, once it is proven that her accusation is valid. “It’s true. But unfortunately she will have to wait,” the spokesperson told the BBC.
He said it was “disconcerting” that she remained “unaware of these transactions and balances in her account for the past three years.”