Friday, 27 March 2015

In four years, 25 banks lost Rs 12,620 crore to fraudsters

timesofindia.indiatimes.com - BENGALURU: Twenty-five nationalized banks have lost Rs 12,620 crore to frauds in the last four financial years, according to documents obtained from the finance ministry. Of these, Rs 2,060.75 crore were lost by five banks headquartered in Karnataka alone — Canara Bank, Vijaya Bank, Corporation Bank, Syndicate Bank and State Bank of Mysore. The documents revealed that there have been 4,845 cases of bank frauds over this period.

Finance ministry sources said in most cases bank staff either connive with the fraudsters or are negligent.

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