Rs 10 000. This is the amount that was debited from the bank account of a 71 year old man after his old age pension was paid into the bank. The Coromandel resident was stunned on Wednesday, November 3, when he went to the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) branch in Quatre-Bornes to make a withdrawal. One of the bank’s employees informed him that on the same day, a withdrawal was made from his account at an ATM on Edith Cavell Street, Port-Louis.
It was in the late afternoon of Wednesday, November 3, that this septuagenarian went to the Pope Hennessy police station in Port-Louis to file a complaint of electronic fraud. In his statement, he explained that he has a bank account at the MCB. On Wednesday, November 3, around 9:00 am, he was at the MCB branch in Quatre-Bornes to make a bank withdrawal at the counter. He said he was surprised when a cashier informed him that he did not have enough money for the withdrawal. He had to learn at the same time that the sum of Rs 10,000 was debited from his account at 6:35 a.m. the same day following a withdrawal made at the ATM on Edith Cavell Street, Port-Louis.
This man was shocked and did not want to believe it, but he said that his bank card was still in his possession. He had to add that he did not give permission to anyone to make withdrawals from his account. This sum of Rs 10,000 was debited from his pension of Rs 13,850, which was paid into the bank the same day. The septuagenarian instructed the bank to cancel this card.
The Criminal Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police, Southern Division, has been assigned to this investigation to trace the person who made this withdrawal.
