{
  "id": 19505448,
  "title": "Bengaluru fintech firm reports ₹31.43-crore cyber fraud involving 301 unauthorised transactions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/bengaluru-fintech-firm-reports-31-43-crore-cyber-fraud-involving-301",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T14:31:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bengaluru-fintech-firm-reports-3143-crore-cyber-fraud-involving-301-unauthorised-transactions/article71689306.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Bengaluru-based fintech company has reported a suspected cyber fraud involving unauthorised transactions worth ₹31.43 crore from its escrow account, leading to the registration of a case by the Whitefield Cyber crime, Economic offences, and Narcotics (CEN) police. The company, which operates a digital financial services platform, received an alert from its bank on November 4 about suspicious transactions amounting to ₹8.47 crore in a customer's bank account. An internal investigation on November 5 revealed 301 unauthorised debit transactions, totalling ₹31,43,61,635, had been carried out from the company's escrow account. The police are now investigating to identify those behind the unauthorised transactions, trace the 127 beneficiary accounts, and recover the siphoned-off money.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}