According to Shveta Sharma, she moved money from her US account to the ICICI Bank with the intention of investing it in fixed deposits.
However, she claims that in order to take money out of her accounts, a bank employee “made fake accounts, forged her signature, and took out debit cards and cheque books in her name.”
“He gave me fake statements, created a fake email ID in my name and manipulated my mobile number in the bank records so I won’t get any withdrawal notifications,” she stated to the news.
“In fact, the fraud had happened,” a bank representative told the news, but added that ICICI “is a bank of repute which holds trillions of rupees in deposits from millions of customers.”
“Whoever is involved will be punished,” he stated.
After spending decades in the US and Hong Kong, Ms. Sharma and her husband returned to India in 2016. It was through a friend that they became acquainted with a banker.
He suggested Ms. Sharma to transfer her funds to India, where fixed deposits were yielding interest rates of 5.5% to 6%, as bank accounts in the US had very low interest rates.
