Police and imposter CBI officers threaten woman over Skype, clean out her bank account in Kolkata.

The woman, a resident of Kolkata, filed a police complaint stating that she received a call from a fake Delhi Police officer. The caller informed her that there were 35 bank accounts in her name being used for criminal activities.

She was instructed to download Skype and provide a video statement, as well as to share her Aadhaar details and stay in a separate room during the investigation. The fake officer asked her to transfer money from her bank account for verification by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

After realizing the fraud, she reported the incident to the police and blocked her internet banking ID. In a separate incident, a retired senior executive was coerced into paying Rs 85 lakh by a gang posing as various law enforcement agencies on Skype.

The fraud occurred in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam, and a police case has been filed in both Visakhapatnam and Delhi. The gang received the money through cheques and transferred it to a company called ‘Rana Garments’, which operated an HDFC account in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar.

The bank’s Uttam Nagar branch has also filed a police complaint. According to the First Information Report (FIR) filed with the police in Visakhapatnam, the gang transferred the money from the HDFC account to 105 accounts across India.

Victims of the fraud have criticized banks for alleged lack of tighter monitoring of know your customer (KYC) rules and have raised concerns about potential insider involvement. Most of the money transfers ended up in compromised bank accounts, and the victims have questioned the delay in investigating the account and money trail.