Cyber fraud rocks TN: Rs 22.10 crore in rural development funds siphoned
CHENNAI: Unidentified cyber fraudsters allegedly siphoned off Rs 22.1 crore from a bank account maintained by the Tamil Nadu Rural Development Department (TNRD) with a leading private bank’s CIT Nagar branch in Chennai.
The fraud came to light after the department lodged a complaint on November 3, nearly six weeks after the incident occurred in the third week of September.
The Cyber Crime Wing (CCW) of the Central Crime Branch (CCB), Greater Chennai City Police, registered a case on the same day and launched an investigation.
