Frauds worth Rs 32,000 crore rattle 18 public banks within three months, reveals RTI
A total of 2,480 cases
of fraud involving a huge sum of Rs 31,898.63 crore rattled 18 public sector
banks in between April and June this year, an RTI query has revealed. The country's largest
lender State Bank of India (SBI) remained the biggest prey to frauds with 38
per cent share, Neemuch-based activist Chandrashekhar Gaur told PTI on Sunday
quoting an official of the RBI who furnished him replies to his RTI
application.
As many as 1,197
cases of cheating involving Rs 12,012.77 crore were detected in SBI in the
first quarter, according to the RTI reply. After SBI, Allahabad
Bank faced the heat with 381 cheating cases involving Rs 2,855.46
crore. Punjab National Bank stood third in the list with 99
sham cases worth Rs 2,526.55 crore. However, the
information provided by the RBI does not give specific details of the nature of
banking fraud and the losses suffered by banks or their customers.
On losses suffered by
PSU banks due to frauds, the RBI said it did not have figures available as to
how much amount was lost by theses banks during the period under review. A total of 75 cases of
fraud involving Rs 2,297.05 crore were reported in Bank of Baroda in the first
quarter, while 45 cases of fraud amounting to Rs 2,133.08 crore in Oriental
Bank of Commerce, 69 cases worth Rs 2,035.81 crore in Canara Bank, 194 cases
worth Rs 1,982.27 crore in Central Bank of India, 31 cases of fraud of Rs
1,196.19 crore in United Bank of India were witnessed.
Likewise, Corporation
Bank detected Rs 960.80 crore worth fraud in 16 cases, Indian Overseas Bank Rs
934.67 crore in 46 cases, Syndicate Bank Rs 795.75 crore in 54 cases, Union
Bank of India Rs 753.37 crore in 51 cases, Bank of India, Rs 517 crore in 42
cases and UCO Bank detected Rs 470.74 crore fraud in 34 cases. Other banks,
which fell victim to fraud included Bank of Maharashtra, Andhra Bank, Indian
Bank and Punjab and Sind Bank.... read more:
https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/frauds-worth-rs-32-000-crore-rattle-18-public-banks-within-three-months-reveals-rti-1596960-2019-09-08see also
MD HIZBULLAH AND ATUL DEV: How the Vyapam SIT chief, judges and journalists benefited from government largesse in Madhya Pradesh