MAPUSA
A case of alleged financial fraud and criminal breach of trust has been registered at Calangute police station following a complaint by a Mapusa resident, with the accused said to have siphoned off nearly Rs 50 lakh over several years.
According to police, the offence was registered on March 16 based on a written complaint filed by Yatin Govind Naik, a resident of Shivsagar Apartments, Mapusa.
Naik alleged that between February 2020 and October 2025, a woman employee at Abania Drug Stores in Calangute manipulated the shop’s digital payment system to divert customer payments into her personal account.
The accused, a resident of Pernem (name withheld), is alleged to have removed the store’s official Indian Overseas Bank QR code scanner and replaced it with her own, thereby routing payments made by customers directly to her account without the knowledge of the business owner.
Police further stated that the accused also opened an unauthorised pigmy account at Sattari Cooperative Bank and allegedly used it as part of the scheme to misappropriate funds.
The total amount allegedly siphoned off has been estimated at Rs 49.68 lakh. Further investigation is ongoing.
