Probe into car dealer over ID misuse
Print Edition
A local 4S car retailer is being investigated by police after a customer’s identity card was illegally used to open a bank account and make a car accident insurance claim.
Chen Lina left the card in the showroom at 900 Moyu Road S. in Jiading District on April 16 when she went in to sell her old vehicle and buy a new one.
However, several days later, she received a message from her insurance company, Ping An Insurance, saying 2,350 yuan (US$360) had been paid into her account in compensation for an accident involving her old car, Chen told Shanghai Television Station yesterday.
“I was surprised because I haven’t touched the car since I gave it to the 4S store. Furthermore, there was no money paid into my bank account,” she said.
Chen later found the money was deposited in a new account at Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank, which someone had opened using her ID card.
She went to the bank at 41 Huafa Road in Xuhui District and found all her personal information for the account application was correct, except for her mobile phone number, the report said.
The branch manager said a man used both Chen’s ID card and his own ID card to open the account.
“We called the mobile phone number on the application to confirm with Chen, but no one answered,” the manager told the TV station. “According to our rules, we could still open the account because we called the number.”
The manager said the man had opened bank accounts for other people at the branch on several occasions.
It later emerged that an employee at a car repair business that does work for the 4S store used Chen’s ID card to apply for compensation from the insurance company.
“The employee drove Chen’s car for personal use but had a car accident, so he borrowed her ID card to make an insurance claim,” a sales manager at the store said.
The manager said the store had asked the employee to give the insurance money to Chen and return her card.
“I am still worried that my ID card could have been misused for other illegal purposes such as financial fraud,” she said.
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