Three bank fraud cases decided, says advisory board chief

The reconstituted Advisory Board on Bank, Commercial and Financial Frauds (ABBCFF) has looked into three cases and has given its recommendations, said its chairperson Saturday.

"Already the board has considered three cases and have given its recommendation," Ranjana Kumar told reporters on the sidelines of a training programme organised by Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI).

However she declined to share more details - the kind of cases and the recommendations made by ABBCFF.

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) last September reconstituted the board, which forms part of the organisational infrastructure of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) provides the needed investigative and secretarial services along with necessary funds, said the CVC order reconstituting the board.

The ABBCFF's jurisdiction would be confined to those cases where the CBI wants to register an enquiry against an alleged fraud disagreeing with the views of the bank/public sector undertaking/financial institution.

In the case of a bank, the alleged fraud may be in a loan account or financial/commercial fraud in the case of a PSU/financial institution.

However the advice tendered by the ABBCFF is not binding on CBI.

According to Kumar, bank officials have to take some risks while arriving at a commercial decision.