Finance Company’s Rs 40 Lakh Swindled By Ex-Employee In Odisha

Nayagarh: A man was arrested by the police from Odisha’s Nayagarh district for allegedly swindling Rs 40 lakh of a finance company where he was working earlier.

The accused, identified as Prabir Senapati of Puri, had quit the company a few months ago.

According to sources, still having access to several passwords of the finance company, Senapati had allegedly created eight different fake accounts.

The accused had allegedly lured several depositors to deposit money using these accounts. Several depositors had deposited around Rs 40 lakh in these accounts created by the accused who later transferred the amout to his own personal account.

The fraud came to light after the branch manager of the finance company came to know about irregularities and lodged a complaint with the police.

A police team arrested the accused from Delang and seized a mobile phone and Rs 9 lakh cash from his possession, the sources added.