New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- A former accounts officer was booked by the CBI for allegedly siphoning more than 2 lakh Swiss francs (around Rs.2 crore) from India's Permanent Mission in Geneva to bankroll his crypto-gambling ventures.

According to a PTI report, citing CBI officials, Mohit joined the Permanent Mission in Geneva on 17 December 2024 as an Assistant Section Officer.

He was responsible for physically submitting payment instructions to the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), where the Mission's accounts are maintained in both US dollars (USD) and Swiss francs (CHF).

The discrepancy was detected in the CHF account, said the officials of the investigating agency.

The Mission made payments to Swiss vendors in CHF based on their invoices,...