Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Master
Directions dated 01.07.2016 on Frauds-Classification and Reporting by
commercial banks and select Financial Institutions, inter alia, provide as
follows, in regard to lodging of complaints with CBI in cases of fraud
/embezzlement:-
Category
of bank
|
Amount
involved in the frauds
|
Agency
to whom complaint should be lodged
|
Remarks
|
Public
Sector Banks (PSBs)
|
Rs.
3 crore and above and uptoRs. 25 crore
|
CBI
|
To
be lodged with Anti Corruption Branch of CBI where staff involvement is prima
facie evident).
Economic
Offences Wing of CBI (wherestaff involvement is prima facie not evident)
|
PSBs
|
More
than Rs. 25 crore and uptoRs. 50 crore
|
CBI
|
To
be lodged with Banking Security and Fraud Cell (BSFC) of CBI (irrespective of
the involvement of a public servant)
|
PSBs
|
More
than Rs. 50 crore
|
CBI
|
To
be lodged with the Joint Director (Policy), CBI, HQ, New Delhi.
|
This was stated by Shri Santosh
Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance in written reply to
a question in Lok Sabha today.
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