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  • FIR registered against Citibank CEO Vikram Pandit and 10 others

    Published on January 4, 2011

    The Gurgaon Police on Tuesday registered an FIR naming Indian-born global CEO of the bank Vikram Pandit and 10 other officials in the 300-crore rupee Citibank fraud case.

    The fraud at the bank’s Gurgaon branch, involving diversion of depositors money into the stock market, was uncovered last week.

    Besides Pandit, the FIR filed by a high networth individual (HNI) Sanjiv Agarwal also names Citibank chairman William R Rhodes along with other senior officials based in India.

    Gurgaon police commissioner S S Deswal confirmed this.

    In the FIR, Agarwal, who is a resident of Gurgaon, alleged criminal breach of trust, falsification of accounts, cheating and criminal conspiracy by the officials of the Citibank.

    The others who have been named in the FIR include Citibank’s senior officials CFO John Gerspach and COO Doughlas Peterson. Both based in New York.

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