The central Government has admitted that there had been number of fraudulent cases in which money has been withdrawn from Public Sector bank accounts using the customers' Aadhaar number.
On Tuesday, Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla told parliament that till now six such cases had been reported by four banks so far involving fraud of around Rs 1.5 crore.
"As per data reported by Public Sector Banks (PSBs), there have been incidents of money being fraudulently withdrawn from bank accounts using the customers' Aadhaar number in a few banks," Shukla.
He further said that they have started an investigation, and appropriate steps had been taken to prevent such cases. Those involved in this case won't spared.
Bank of India and Syndicate bank, each reported two cases of fraudulent mapping of Aadhaar numbers involving a sum of Rs 1.37 crore in BOI, and in Syndicate Bank involving a sum of Rs 2.26 lakh.
"Bank has sensitised operational staff to take proper precautions by mapping Aadhaar numbers, strengthening control measures, and stepped up inspections to prevent such frauds in future. Bank has initiated disciplinary action against the erring staff," Shukla said.
However, the amounts fraudulently are withdrawn had been recovered by the Syndicate Bank. While, to further prevent this type of cases "the bank is verifying all Aadhaar-seeded accounts through Aadhaar authentication and has issued standard operating procedures for, and instructions for due diligence on, Aadhaar seeding".
The other two cases have been reported in Allahabad Bank and UCO Bank involving Rs 1.95 lakh and Rs 0.49 lakh respectively.
On Tuesday, Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla told parliament that till now six such cases had been reported by four banks so far involving fraud of around Rs 1.5 crore.
"As per data reported by Public Sector Banks (PSBs), there have been incidents of money being fraudulently withdrawn from bank accounts using the customers' Aadhaar number in a few banks," Shukla.
He further said that they have started an investigation, and appropriate steps had been taken to prevent such cases. Those involved in this case won't spared.
Bank of India and Syndicate bank, each reported two cases of fraudulent mapping of Aadhaar numbers involving a sum of Rs 1.37 crore in BOI, and in Syndicate Bank involving a sum of Rs 2.26 lakh.
"Bank has sensitised operational staff to take proper precautions by mapping Aadhaar numbers, strengthening control measures, and stepped up inspections to prevent such frauds in future. Bank has initiated disciplinary action against the erring staff," Shukla said.
However, the amounts fraudulently are withdrawn had been recovered by the Syndicate Bank. While, to further prevent this type of cases "the bank is verifying all Aadhaar-seeded accounts through Aadhaar authentication and has issued standard operating procedures for, and instructions for due diligence on, Aadhaar seeding".
The other two cases have been reported in Allahabad Bank and UCO Bank involving Rs 1.95 lakh and Rs 0.49 lakh respectively.