Rs.10 lakh fraud committed through a fake cheque issued in Coimbatore

A complaint was lodged with the Coimbatore Cyber Crime Police against Suresh Kumar Mehta of Delhi for issuing a fake cheque and swindling Rs.10 lakhs.


Coimbatore: Kalyanasundaram (55) who runs a mill in the Karamadai area near Mettupalayam has a current account with the State Bank of India in Ganapathy, Coimbatore.

It is mandatory for all cash transactions through the mill to be conducted online and by cheque. It is also madatory to make a transaction for a large amount of money by calling the mill's office cell phone number through the bank.

In the last few days, a message was received that Rs.10,000,00 had been transferred from Kalyanasundaram's bank account to Sureshkumar Mehta's Canara Bank branch in Delhi. Following this, Kalyanasundaram asked the Ganapathy Branch Manager of State Bank of India about the unknown transaction.

The Bank Manager told Kalayanasundaram that the money had been transferred to the person concerned by a cheque issued by the company. Only after the cheque was checked again, it was discovered that it was counterfeit.

Following this, Kalyanasundaram realized that he had been cheated and lodged a complaint with the Coimbatore Cyber Crime Police. The police have registered a case against Suresh Kumar Mehta of Delhi for making a fake cheque and swindling Rs.10,00,000 lakhs.

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