A MAN described his shock when he found that BD22,400 had been fraudulently withdrawn from his bank account.
The 43-year-old Pakistani was giving evidence in the trial of an Indian customer service employee at the bank, who has been charged with fraud and forgery.
The victim said that he found out, from another employee at the bank, that the money he had deposited was only BD47,600 – while he had actually placed BD70,000 in the branch, according to court documents.
He later realised that the bank employee had forged documents to gain access to his bank account in 2019.
The victim described how he was informed by the bank that he had been duped.
“I dealt with him (the defendant) a lot and he knew information about my bank account,” the Pakistani man told judges.
“However, on one occasion when I went to the bank, I was told that the defendant had travelled abroad and another employee volunteered to help me.
“I enquired about my money and he said I had deposited BD47,600.
“However, I told him that this was not true and that I had placed BD70,000 in the bank.
“The bank official later informed me that I had been duped and that they would return the money within two months.
“I found out that the defendant gave them forged documents which allowed him to receive my credit card.”
A bank employee described how the defendant allegedly manipulated documents to scam the victim.
“When we carried out investigations into the incident, we found that the defendant had authorised himself to collect the credit card belonging to the victim,” the employee said.
“He then withdrew BD22,400 from the account. The victim had no idea about this and therefore, he never received his credit card or the password.
“The defendant fraudulently changed the mobile number of the victim in the bank’s records and gave his own number. So even when he withdrew the amount, the victim did not receive an alert on his phone.”
The trial has been adjourned until May 17 for a ruling.
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