Bank managements will be under the radar of the city police in 2025 and anyone found colluding with fraudsters directly or indirectly would be duly prosecuted. Meanwhile, the amount that fraudsters filched from city residents had crossed Rs.300 crore.
Data released by the police showed that scammers had looted Rs.3,01,42,73,986 till date this year, which is more than double the Rs.147,22,92,649 that was looted last year.
Of this, the city cybercrime units froze Rs.77 crore and the police facilitated return of about Rs.39 crore to the victims.
The respective figures for 2023 were way lower: Rs.37 crore frozen and Rs.20 crore returned to victims.
It has been observed that cyber fraudsters had managed to open current accounts without hassles, said city police commissioner C.V. Anand in the annual press conference here on Sunday.
He noted that the police had arrested several bank management for helping cybercriminals to dupe people of crores of rupees. Anand said: “It was found that some banks were not physically verifying the documents submitted by fraudsters while opening current accounts in the name of bogus establishments. We have identified such banks and warned them those into such violations would be prosecuted.
” The commissioner said that their CCU teams have been trained in proactive identification and detection of cybercrimes in their respective zones. There is a vibrant collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, he said. “Apart from this, we have prov.