A Dubai-based agency —Economic Exchange Centre — which deals with international money changing and remittance, filed a complaint at MRA Marg police station after Rs 2 crore was hacked from its south Mumbai branch and transferred to several bank accounts. Senior PI of MRA Marg police station Sanjay Kamble said investigation was on.

According to the FIR, the hackers allegedly made 38 transactions through its online portal and distributed the money between accounts in HDFC, ICICI and Axis banks. The incident had taken place on September 27, 2018, and the FIR was registered on December 13 after Bharat Undavia, GM of Economic Exchange Centre, wrote an email to to RBI.