New Delhi:

An Indian-origin girl – who returned to India in 2016 from the US- has alleged that she was duped of Rs 13.5 crore by a supervisor on the ICICI Financial institution by partaking in “fraudulent actions.”

The girl informed the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) that she had transferred Rs 13.5 crore from her checking account within the US to the ICICI Financial institution, to have the invested in mounted deposits. She anticipated that the funding would develop to greater than Rs 16 crore within the coming years.

Shveta Sharma, who shifted to India along with her husband in 2016, says she met the accused financial institution supervisor via a pal.

The financial institution supervisor, the lady alleged, steered she make investments her financial savings in mounted deposits that supplied an rate of interest of 5.5% to six% for the reason that rate of interest on financial institution deposits within the US was negligible.

“He gave me faux statements, created a faux e-mail ID in my identify and manipulated my cell quantity within the financial institution information so I will not get any withdrawal notifications,” Shveta Sharma informed the BBC.

“Over a interval of 4 years from September 2019 to December 2023, we deposited our total life financial savings of round Rs 13.5 crore within the financial institution,” she stated, including that “with curiosity, the sum would have grown to greater than Rs 16 crore.”

Ms Sharma stated she found earlier this yr in January that every one her cash had vanished after one other official on the financial institution supplied her higher returns.

A ICICI Financial institution spokesperson informed the BBC that the accused supervisor has been suspended “pending investigation.”

“We now have additionally lodged a criticism with the Financial Offences Wingh (EOW) of the Delhi Police and we have now to attend till the police investigation is full. She is going to get all her a reimbursement, together with the curiosity, as soon as her allegation is confirmed to be true. However sadly, she has to attend,” the spokesperson informed the BBC.

He stated it was “bewildering” that she remained “unaware of those transactions and balances in her account over the previous three years.