‘Insurance firm staffer leaks KYC info to fraudsters’

Rajiv Mahajan

Nurpur, July 16

An employee of Metlife Insurance Company, identified as Rakesh Kumar from Paragpur (Dehra), has allegedly been providing the “know your customer” (KYC) details, including the victim’s identity, phone number and transaction details, to inter-state cyber crime racketeers.

The victim, Shubh Raj, did not share his details with anyone but the insurance company employee breached the trust and provided his particulars to the fraudsters. As a result, Rs 39.65 lakh was siphoned off from his bank accounts.

On a complaint by Shubh Raj, a retired government teacher from Garal (Dharklan) in Pathankot who had served in HP, the Nurpur police registered an FIR against fraudsters on June 15. The accused had siphoned off Rs 39.65 lakh from his bank accounts between May 12 and 23. However, the police busted the gang. The fraudsters hailing from Delhi and UP had committed the crime with the help of Sachin Sood, Sanjiv Kumar and Vaneet Malhotra, all from Palampur, and Rakesh Kumar.

DSP Sahil Arora said today that after procuring the personal details of the customers, the fraudsters changed their registered mobile numbers and the ATM cards by impersonating as the original account holders.