Two men were arrested on Thursday for allegedly siphoning Rs9 crore from a hospital’s account by fraudulently manipulating its bank details with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
The accused — Vaibhav Kumar (42) and Ankur Tyagi (38), both residents of Indirapuram, Ghaziabad — were tracked down after cyber police detected suspicious fund transfers from Metro Hospital, where Kumar was employed as a recovery officer.
According to Additional DCP (Cybercrime) Manisha Singh, Kumar sent an email to the MCD requesting a change in the hospital’s registered account for receiving payments under the cashless medical scheme. He provided details of three YES Bank accounts that were not associated with the hospital but received the government payments. The money was then siphoned off and distributed among his associates.
Police recovered an iPhone 15 Pro and Rs77,330 in cash from the accused. The YES Bank accounts used were allegedly arranged by a man named Shubham, a friend of Vijay, both of whom are still under investigation.
