Daughter, parents defraud, arrested while fleeing country

5 Feb, 2015 15:33 IST|Sakshi
Daughter, parents defraud, arrested while fleeing country

Chittoor: Acting on tip off, Chittoor police on Wednesday arrested a woman employee of a private finance company  who duped customers to a tune of Rs 31 lakhs.

Alekhya, 24, who is working as an accountant in ICICI prudential a finance company, collected premium amounts from customers and deposited the same in her parent's accounts through online transaction.
Alekhya's parents - Venkateshwara Rao and Rajya Lakshmi'  used to withdraw money from banks on the same day the amount was deposited. On a whole they withdrew Rs 31 lakhs. Alekhya has recently resigned from the bank on January 19.  ICICI management, which came to know of the fraud only on January 23, has  requested Nellore banks to freeze her parents' account.
So far, the bank management could only recover only  Rs 2 lakhs from Alekhya's parents accounts.
Branch manager Sridhar lodged a complaint regarding the issue in Chittoor two town police station. CI Suryamohan Rao arrested Alekyha and her parents on Wednesday morning in Nellore.
It has also come to light that Alekhya's parents had pplied for passports in order to settle in Canada. The couple were arrested only due to the delay in getting their passports.

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