A former accounts officer was booked by the CBI for allegedly siphoning more than 2 lakh Swiss francs (around ₹2 crore) from India's Permanent Mission in Geneva to bankroll his crypto-gambling ventures. The discrepancy was detected in the CHF account, said the officials of the investigating agency. It was a common practice to collate a number of QR codes under a common bank payment instruction slip. In the process, pre-printed acknowledgement slips attached to the QR codes were not disturbed. In addition, CHF 9,825 and CHF 28,000 were credited by Mohit into the Mission's account before his repatriation.

Source: Mint December 21, 2025 09:49 UTC