Chandigarh: A 42-year-old Sector 41-A resident has lodged a complaint with the cyber crime police station in Sector 17, alleging that ₹2.6 lakh was fraudulently charged across four of his credit cards through a financial services application without his knowledge or consent.The complainant, Jaspal Singh, stated that four unauthorised transactions occurred between 8pm and 9pm on July 17. The fraudulent charges included ₹1.8 lakh and ₹49,800 on two ICICI Bank credit cards, ₹19,600 on an IndusInd Bank card, and ₹9,800 on an SBI card, totaling ₹2,64,500.Singh claimed he did not authorise the payments or share any one-time passwords (OTPs). Instead, he reported receiving a barrage of random brand OTPs on his mobile phone for nearly 24 hours, which only ceased after he replaced his SIM card.Alleging that an unidentified fraudster gained unauthorised access to his the application to execute the transfers, Singh submitted transaction receipts to the police. Cyber crime officers have registered an FIR against unknown persons and are currently tracing the money trail and technical logs to identify how the breach occurred.
