₹7 crore belonging to Swiggy misused for online betting, 23-year-old booked

Police in Bengaluru have booked a 23-year-old employee of a financial services company for allegedly misusing ₹7 crore belonging to Swiggy.

Updated on: Jan 30, 2025, 12:00:26 IST

By Sanya Jain

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Police in Bengaluru have booked a 23-year-old employee of a financial services company for allegedly misusing ₹7 crore belonging to Swiggy. According to The Hindu, Ashok Nagar police booked the 23-year-old for using Swiggy’s money to invest in an online betting company.

An employee of a financial services company is accused of cheating Swiggy out of ₹7 crore.

Here’s what happened

Srikant K, an employee of the unnamed financial services company, was charged under criminal breach of trust and cheating based on a complaint by a senior company executive named Showri Rajan.

The company handled accounting for many firms, including Swiggy. Srikant, a member of the accounting support team, was entrusted with paying their electricity bills across the state. He used to receive ₹1 to 2 crore from Swiggy every month for this purpose.

Between June 2024 and December 2024, Srikant allegedly diverted a total of ₹6,86,51,160 to online betting company BetinExchange247.com. The money was diverted through a private IT company.

How the fraud came to light

The misuse of nearly ₹7 crore came to light during Swiggy’s audit. According to The Hindu report, during its audit, food delivery giant Swiggy found transactions amounting to around ₹7 crore deposited to the online betting company’s account. The issue was brought to the notice of Srinkant’s seniors at the company.

When summoned, Srinkant admitted to his crime. Showri Rajan said his act amounted to cheating the company and its clients.

This is not the first instance of financial fraud that has come to light in Bengaluru. Last month, Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal’s new fintech startup, Navi Technologies, was cheated out of ₹14.26 crore. Miscreants posing as customers managed to scam the Bengaluru-based startup out of the significant sum by exploiting a bug in the system.

(Also read: Flipkart co-founder’s fintech startup Navi cheated out of ₹14 crore by scammers posing as customers)

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Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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