Police are investigating an alleged electronic banking fraud after a Paradise View resident reported that EC$100,000 was unlawfully removed from two of his bank accounts.
According to Antigua News Room, the man reported to the Criminal Investigations Department that EC$50,000 was transferred without his authorisation from an account at Antigua Commercial Bank, and a further EC$50,000 from an account at Eastern Caribbean Amalgamated Bank.
Police confirmed that the unauthorised transactions took place on June 2. Detectives have since interviewed the complainant and are actively tracing the movement of the funds as part of an ongoing investigation. Senior officers have been briefed on the matter.
The case is believed to be one of the largest reported electronic banking fraud incidents investigated by police in recent months.
