Bengaluru: Woman executive diverts customers' Rs 8 lakh to her account

Bengaluru: A case of cheat and criminal breach of trust has been filed against an executive of a private firm for allegedly pocketing cash to the tune of Rs 8 lakh which she had allegedly collected from the customers. Based on the complaint filed by the owner of the firm, the Ashok Nagar police have registered a case against Harshitha S. on Tuesday.

According to the police, Harshitha has been working as an executive for Sri Sri Business links situated in Shanthi Nagar from September 2015. Her job was to collect the money online from their clients for various services like booking for bus, tickets and other online money transfer services.

The police said that she started diverting the money to herself and her relatives' bank accounts from September 2015. Till July 2018, she had transferred a total amount of Rs 8 lakh.

Hanumanth Reddy, owner of the firm filed a complaint with the Ashok Nagar police after he found out about the cheating. The incident came to light, after the company conducted an audit for all the financial transactions.