The International Cricket Council (ICC) has actually become a victim of an online fraud and is believed to have been duped to the tune of over USD 2.5 million through deception.The authorities in the Dubai workplace of the world governing refused to comment but Cricbuzz has actually found out that an investigation has been launched into the incident of phishing from a source based in the US.As the ICC authorities are now engaged with the police authorities in the US, they are tight-lipped over the matter but it has actually emerged that the overall amount of USD 2.5 million is an outcome of several circumstances of being cheated.
It gives the spotlight the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and of his department in the Dubai office of ICC.For a complete member like the BCCI, USD 2.5 million is not a significant quantity however the quantum of loss is comparable to 4 times of the grant an Associate member with ODI status earns every year from the ICC.
Stated an official of an Associate board, It cant be true, and then added, An ODI Associate 13-20 ranked can get anything in between 500,000 to one million.
The incident emerged on Thursday night.Source: Cricbuzz