A former retired IAS officer in Thiruvananthapuram became a victim of fraud after Rs three lakhs were withdrawn using an ATM card in the US.
C.V.Ananda Bose, who held numerous top positions in the state and in Delhi, had transferred money from Delhi to his son who is in the US.
"When my son tried to withdraw money in the US, he was informed that the account had insufficient balance. I immediately contacted the Federal Bank and Mastercard and I was told there were six transactions made," Bose told reporters on Tuesday.
Bose has already alerted the Indian Embassy in the US and the Federal Bank.
In August, a Romanian national was arrested in Mumbai after he and his friends committed a heist using duplicate ATM cards after procuring details of the users in Kerala’s capital city.
After 20 people lost about Rs 4.5 lakhs in an ATM heist in Thiruvananthapuram, the chief fraudster identified as Gabriel Marian Illie, was traced to a hotel at Worli in Mumbai, following information provided by the Kerala Police.