PNB, the country’s second-biggest state-run lender and fourth-biggest overall by assets, did not name the people involved but said it had reported the deals to law enforcement agencies and would evaluate later whether it faces any liability arising out of the transactions.
“In the bank these transactions are contingent in nature and liability arising out of these on the bank shall be decided based on the law and genuineness of underlying transactions,” PNB said, without giving further details.
PNB shares were trading 4.1 per cent lower by 0420 GMT, having fallen as much as 5.7 per cent in early trading. The main Mumbai market index was little changed.
PNB is already dealing with other allegations of fraudulent transactions. Last week, Indian federal agents said they had launched an investigation into billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, one of the country’s richest men, over accusations that he and others defrauded PNB of $44 million.
It was not immediately known if the latest disclosure on fraudulent transactions was related to or separate from the previous incident.
