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Fraudsters pilfer lakhs from salary accounts of IAF men New Delhi, July 24 On behalf of the IAF, Wing Commander Tejveer Singh, Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal, Air Force Police HQ Delhi, today lodged a complaint with the Economic Offences Wing of the Special Cell of the Delhi Police. The Air Force said in its complaint that money has been siphoned off from salary accounts of IAF personnel through mystery purchases and withdrawals from a particular place in Canada. In some cases, Air Force men have lost up to Rs 2 lakh. The IAF personnel losing the money are posted across the country and not just Delhi. The money has been fraudulently withdrawn from the accounts that are with the State Bank of India under the defence salary package. The IAF has asked the bank to stop all transactions and block all debit cards. The IAF men have been told to change passwords of their net banking accounts. “We are presuming that the money that has been siphoned off is as good as lost. There is little or no chance of recovery from Canada-based tricksters,” said IAF officials. The IAF suspects that fraudsters have possibly cloned the debit cards and also have access to pin numbers that are needed while doing purchases.
“The first complaint came in the first week of July and soon the number multiplied. The entire list of complaints has been handed over to the Delhi police. This has the potential to lower the morale of personnel,” IAF officials said. The theft also means the spending habits of the officers are now known to international tricksters who could use the information, they added. Canada-based tricksters
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