bdnews24.com :
A hotel owner has been arrested in Dhaka for allegedly stealing Tk 32.2 million by using a City Bank Point of Sell (POS) terminal. The Detective Branch of Police arrested Abdul Hasnat, owner of Uttara’s Comfort Inn residential hotel, on Monday night, DMP Deputy Commissioner Maruf Hossain Sarder said on Tuesday. POS terminals are used for debit and credit card transactions. AKM Ayub Ullah, Senior Assistant Vice President, City Bank Limited, filed a case against Hasnat with Gulshan police on Mar 1. According to the case details, Abdul Hasnat applied for a POS machine for his hotel on Jan 12, 2015. City Bank delivered it to Comfort Inn on Mar 9. Hasnat made 140 transactions to withdraw a little over Tk 32 million by using the terminal between Jun 8 and Jul 31. The bank found those transactions to be fraudulent after some debit cardholders had filed complaints. In keeping with policy, City Bank returned the money to the defrauded account holders. Deputy Commissioner Sarder said a court had remanded Hasnat for interrogation.
A hotel owner has been arrested in Dhaka for allegedly stealing Tk 32.2 million by using a City Bank Point of Sell (POS) terminal. The Detective Branch of Police arrested Abdul Hasnat, owner of Uttara’s Comfort Inn residential hotel, on Monday night, DMP Deputy Commissioner Maruf Hossain Sarder said on Tuesday. POS terminals are used for debit and credit card transactions. AKM Ayub Ullah, Senior Assistant Vice President, City Bank Limited, filed a case against Hasnat with Gulshan police on Mar 1. According to the case details, Abdul Hasnat applied for a POS machine for his hotel on Jan 12, 2015. City Bank delivered it to Comfort Inn on Mar 9. Hasnat made 140 transactions to withdraw a little over Tk 32 million by using the terminal between Jun 8 and Jul 31. The bank found those transactions to be fraudulent after some debit cardholders had filed complaints. In keeping with policy, City Bank returned the money to the defrauded account holders. Deputy Commissioner Sarder said a court had remanded Hasnat for interrogation.
