Cashier uses QR code to take Rs 52L from patients in hospital over two years

CHENNAI: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Avadi City Police have arrested a 24-year-old woman on charges of swindling Rs 52.24 lakh from a private hospital over a period of two years.

According to the police, the arrested woman was identified as M Soumya of Tiruvarur district, who was working as a cashier at the hospital. The issue came to light after the hospital management grew suspicious when some of the patients said Soumya wanted them to pay in cash.