Cyber criminals reap benefits of loopholes in police and banks



Grievance Status for registration number: GOVUP/E/2023/0085602

Grievance Concerns To

Name Of Complainant

Keshav Pratap Singh alias Tantrik K P Singh

Date of Receipt

25/12/2023

Received By Ministry/Department

Uttar Pradesh

Grievance Description

The matter concerns the working of the Superintendent of police district Mirzapur concerning the cyber fraud which is being taken negligently by the concerned police.

An application under Article 51 A of the constitution of India to make inquiry concerning the fraud of Rs.4999 by the fraudulent elements from the account of the applicant opened in the Indian post payment bank.

It is quite obvious from the attached documents which are the reports of the concerned police in the matter. Undoubtedly they have registered the first information report in the matter but still they did nothing in the matter regarding to trace the fraudsters. 

Banks are shielding the fraudulent elements by not disclosing the information in the name of a third party and police are shielding them by adopting lackadaisical approach in the matter. This is the root cause of alarmingly growing cyber criminal activities in our society.

Appeal Status- Appeal Closed (On 08/12/2023), Closing Remarks-Bank has replied that third party seeking details of account. Bank is not liable to provide the details advised to file a police complaint.

Registration Number-DEABD/E/2023/0077653, Name-Keshav Pratap Singh alias Tantrik K P Singh, Date of receipt-13/11/2023

Basic duty of a bank-Each bank has the right to determine which customers it offers a bank account so it must not be a safe haven for cheaters as cheating activities

Obligatory duty of a bank-All basic bank account providers may exclude people convicted of fraud. However, it is not clear whether may means they might or may in this instance means they have the ability to, so they will. It is important to know what information banks have access to about you and how they will use this when deciding whether to offer you a bank account.

Reply of Bank in the matter- Registration number- DEABD/E/2023/0070588, Nov 2, 2023, 2:53 PM 11 days ago Reghunath R, Senior Manager, Federal Bank, Service Quality, replied as- Dear Sir Greetings from Federal Bank This is with regard to your CPGRAMS complaint lodged with above mentioned reference number We have taken appropriate steps at our end regarding the matter. We are unable to disclose the account details to a third party. It is noted that you had already filed a Police complaint in this regard. Bank will cooperate with the Police investigation and provide details to them on request.

It is quite obvious from the reply of the senior manager of the Federal Bank that they have taken appropriate steps in the matter. They could not provide the details of the account in the name of 3rd party to the victim. Victim further requests to the senior manager that he may provide details of the appropriate steps taken in the matter. Otherwise people will think that Federal Bank is indulged in fraud with the help of such fraudulent elements. It is a serious question why fraudulent accounts are being opened in the Federal Bank whether such private banks are the safe haven for the cheaters?

Appeal Details- Appeal Number-DEABD/E/A/23/0023380

Name-Keshav Pratap Singh alias Tantrik K P Singh, Appeal Received Date-01/12/2023

Reason Of Appeal-Sir, do you give licence to private banks to commit fraud by opening fictitious or forged accounts through their agents, as is evident from the episode? Sir, bank employees are responsible for opening fake accounts because verification of documents is not done properly by them. It is absolutely necessary that bank employees must be held accountable, but this is not possible due to corruption. The situation is very alarming, at this time fraudulent activities are at their peak, the government has completely failed to stop fraud because corruption has gripped the government machinery on a very large scale. It is the duty of the government to take action against those banks whose employees are engaged in fraudulent activities for the protection of the citizens. Imagine what can be a bigger anarchy than this, no money of anybody is safe in the bank.

Grievance Document

Current Status

Grievance received   

Date of Action

25/12/2023

Officer Concerns To

Forwarded to

Uttar Pradesh

Officer Name

Shri Bhaskar Pandey (Joint Secretary)

Organisation name

Uttar Pradesh

Contact Address

Chief Minister Secretariat , Room No. 321, U.P. Secretariat, Lucknow

Email Address

bhaskar.12214@gov.in

Contact Number

05222226350

 Appeal Details

Appeal Number

DEABD/E/A/23/0023380

Name

Keshav Pratap Singh alias Tantrik K P Singh

Appeal Recieved Date

01/12/2023

Reason Of Appeal

Sir, do you give licence to private banks to commit fraud by opening fictitious or forged accounts through their agents, as is evident from the episode? Sir, bank employees are responsible for opening fake accounts because verification of documents is not done properly by them. It is absolutely necessary that bank employees must be held accountable, but this is not possible due to corruption. The situation is very alarming, at this time fraudulent activities are at their peak, the government has completely failed to stop fraud because corruption has gripped the government machinery on a very large scale. It is the duty of the government to take action against those banks whose employees are engaged in fraudulent activities for the protection of the citizens. Imagine what can be a bigger anarchy than this, no money of anybody is safe in the bank. The government has completely failed to discharge its obligations due to its corrupt employees. The most surprising thing is that government employees hide their incompetence by calling the person who is a victim of fraud as negligent. Three months have passed, there is still no trace of the fraudsters.

Appeal Status

Appeal Closed (On 08/12/2023)

Closing Remarks

Bank has replied that third party seeking details of account. Bank is not liable to provide the details advised to file police complaint.

Officer Concerns To

Officer Name

Sub Appellate Authority RBI (General Manager)

Email Address

deeptibraj@rbi.org.in

Contact Number

02222630481

Organisation name

Reserve Bank of India

Grievance Details

Registration Number

DEABD/E/2023/0077653

Name

Keshav Pratap Singh alias Tantrik K P Singh

Date of receipt

13/11/2023

Address

Surekapuram Colony, Riva Road Shri Laxmi Narayan Baikunth Mahadev Mandir Post Sangmohal, Kotwali Katra

State

Uttar Pradesh

District

Mirzapur

Mobile Number

9794089100

Email ID

tantrikkpsingh@gmail.com

Phone Number

Not Provided

Grievance Description

Financial Services (Banking Division) >> Fraud

Department/Bank/Financial Institute: Other / Private Sector Bank.

Basic duty of a bank-Each bank has the right to determine which customers it offers a bank account so it must not be safe haven for cheaters as cheating activities

Obligatory duty of a bank-All basic bank account providers may exclude people convicted of fraud. However, it is not clear whether may means they might or may in this instance means they have the ability to, so they will It is important to know what information banks have access to about you and how they will use this when deciding whether to offer you a bank account.

Reply of Bank in the matter- Registration number- DEABD/E/2023/0070588, Nov 2, 2023, 2:53 PM 11 days agoReghunath R, Senior Manager, Federal Bank, Service Quality Department, 4th Floor, Federal Towers, Aluva, Ernakulam, Kerala, India, 683101 replied as- Dear SirGreetings from Federal Bank This is with regard to your CPGRAMS complaint lodged with above mentioned reference number We have taken appropriate steps at our end regarding the matter. We are unable to disclose the account details to a third party It is noted that you had already filed a Police complaint in this regard. Bank will cooperate with the Police investigation and provide details to them on request.

It is quite obvious from the reply of the senior manager of the Federal Bank that they have taken appropriate steps in the matter. They could not provide the details of the account in the name of 3rd party to the victim. Victim further requests to the senior manager that he may provide details of the appropriate steps taken in the matter. Undoubtedly the bank has prerogative to provide the information concerning the action/appropriate steps taken by it in the matter of fraud for the goodwill in the society. Otherwise people will think that Federal Bank is indulged in the fraud with the help of such fraudulent elements. It is a serious question why are fraudulent accounts are being opened in the Federal Bank whether such private banks are the safe haven for the cheaters?

Grievance Document

Final Reply

Third party seeking details of account.

Bank is not liable to provide the details.

Communication Details

Sn. Date of Action Action From To

1 13/11/2023 RECEIVED THE GRIEVANCE You Department of Financial Services (Banking Division)

2 29/11/2023 CASE DISPOSED OF FEDERAL BANK LIMITED You


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