Bank employee withdraws customers' funds for an online game
Enforcement Directorate (ED) seizes property belonging to a Punjab and Sind Bank officer valued at ₹2.56 crore.
The property of a former Punjab and Sindh Bank officer, who had stolen fixed deposits (FD) worth over ₹ 52 crore from customers to play online games, has been attached by the Enforcement Directorate, or ED. Bedanshu Shekhar Mishra, a former bank employee, has been the target of seizure action by the Central Investigation Agency following the filing of a case by the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
According to the ED, the accused bank employee's fixed deposits and real estate totalling ₹2.56 crore have been taken. Based on the Federal Information Report (FIR) filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), this fraud case dates from 2021–2022.
According to Bhaskar reports, Bedanshu Shekhar Mishra had broken the FD using his system ID and other staff IDs while working at the Khalsa College branch located on the North Campus of Delhi University. After the bank came to know about this, he was suspended in November 2022.
The investigating agency claims that Bedanshu Shekhar Mishra embezzled Rs 52,99,53,698. He committed fraud and fraud with the bank as well as the account holders.
