Chi and two other officers, an accountant and a controller, at the Hai Phong branch have now fled.
In late August and early September, more than 20 customers went to OceanBank Hai Phong to withdraw money from their savings books but were told that their books were not on the bank’s database.
OceanBank later held several dialogues with the affected customers and urged them to remain calm and cooperate with the probe into the alleged fraud.
In a public statement, OceanBank said that it discovered numerous signs of violations in mobilising funds at the Hai Phong branch as there were discrepancies between information on a number of savings cards and data on the lender’s core system.
The incident was later reported to the Ministry of Public Security and the State Bank of Vietnam.
Early investigations suggest that the fraud began in 2012.
In the meantime, OceanBank has been requested by the investigative and competent agencies to keep the relevant data unchanged and suspend all transactions on savings cards that may have been faked until further notice.
