Dear Sir / Madam,
I have a dispute pending with ICICI bank. There was a fraud transaction that was performed on my credit card when the card was in my custody physically and I was at my residence in Dombivali, Dist – Thane. I informed the fraud to the bank, about which I came to know thru a SMS, within a few minutes and immediately disputed the subject transaction thru a signed letter. Later bank claimed that they investigated, however reverted back making me responsible for subject transaction and started chasing me for the payment. The amount in questions was around Rs. 35,000/- and there was no way that I would have paid for such a big transaction that I never performed.
Since bank concluded the case in it’s favour without sharing any details with me, I had to lodge the complaint with police at their Economic Offence Wing (EOW) at Thane. Currently the case is under police investigation.
In the meantime bank has been chasing me for payment and sending people at my home. I have been maintaining that the subject case is under police investigation and there is no conclusion yet. Also I did not perform subject transaction, so there is no reason for me to pay. I am also holding my salary account with the ICICI bank. Now the bank has blocked amount equivalent to their claim (close to Rs. 50,000/-) including interest from my salary account causing me the hardships. Even cheques issued against my account prior to blocking the amount have been dishonored by the bank, thus spoiling my reputation in the market. Moreover, bank debited my account the cheque bouncing charges which is absolutely absurd to me. I feel this as an unilateral action by the bank without merits and therefore, I have decided to take up with you for the justice.
As regard to the original offence, I believe it is not difficult to find out that I have not performed this transaction. When I asked bank to provide me the charge slip, bank refused to provide the same on technical grounds. So it’s evident that Bank is trying to enforce this amount on me without enough merits. I have learned that during the police investigation, police have observed that the IP address of subject transaction was from US.
It may be argued that some one tried to pick up my credit card details during my visit to US in 2008 and misued the same in July, 2010 to perform subject transaction. However, as a consumer, what control do I have on such a misuse. The card is meant for it's usage and one can not use it anywhere if we suspect the merchant establishment every time.
I will appreciate your advice on this case and guidance as to how should I proceed in this matter. I will be glad to provide whatever clarifications needed by you for resolution of the case.
Regards,
Prashant Vishwasrao
Aug 13, 2020
Complaint marked as Resolved
Continually follow up from October 2010 i went there for open a locker for M / MM size but it was not provided by bank till date on continually follow-up.
I am greatly thankful to you if you can arrange one locker.
Thanks & Regards
Deepesh Khandelwal
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