State Bank of Mauritius files complaint against unknown hackers with Singapore police

State Bank of Mauritius India which is a subsidiary of SBM Holdings, has presence in Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Ramachandrapuram.  |  Photo Credit: Thinkstock

New Delhi: State Bank of Mauritius had recently filed a complaint with the Singapore police against hackers. Earlier in October last year, there were reports of State Bank of Mauritius' Mumbai branch had been defrauded of nearly Rs 143 crore. According to an ET report, unknown hackers have allegedly withdrawn Rs 19 crore from the Mumbai branch of the State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) following which the bank has filed a complaint with Singapore police.

The State Bank of Mauritius had, earlier in November, informed Mumbai police and filed a complaint with regard to the same case, and now it has approached Singapore police, ET reported. State Bank of Mauritius India which is a subsidiary of SBM Holdings, has presence in Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Ramachandrapuram.

According to police, as seen in the ET report, the State Bank of Mauritius had lost nearly Rs 19 crore from October 2, 2018, when banks’ SWIFT payment gateway had been allegedly hacked in a possible attempt to transfer Rs 147 crore while attempt was stopped after a London bank got suspicious when multiple remittance requests were raised within the span of a few hours on an Indian bank holiday.

“Since the company in whose account the funds were transferred is registered in Singapore, the bank has lodged a complaint with them. The FIR copy of the complaint lodged with the Mumbai police has been shared with the Singapore police,” ET reported citing an unidentified Mumbai police official aware of the development. Separately, a spokesperson of SBM India has also confirmed the developments to the newspaper.

According to Mumbai police, the amount of Rs 19 crore has been routed to an account of a Hong Kong-based bank in the name of a Singapore company, ET report said further.

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