Easypaisa fined, ordered to refund Rs40,000 to customer over unauthorized transaction

Easypaisa Fined Ordered To Refund Rs40000 To Customer Over Unauthorized Transaction

PESHAWAR – A consumer court in Peshawar has ordered Easypaisa Digital Bank to return Rs40,000 allegedly transferred from a student’s account through unauthorised transactions, according to reports

Judge Nasrullah Gandapur issued the ruling after the account holder, 10th-grade student Fahadur Rehman, approached the court under the Consumer Protection Act.

The court also ordered the bank to pay a Rs25,000 fine to the government over what it described as negligence.

According to the case, Rehman went to withdraw Rs50,000 on February 14 for household needs but found that only Rs11,000 remained in his account. After checking the account history, he discovered three separate transactions that he said he had not made or authorised.

The student told the court that he had neither carried out the transactions himself nor permitted anyone else to transfer money from his account. He also said his account had not been hacked and that he received no transaction alerts from Easypaisa.

Rehman said he contacted the Easypaisa helpline for assistance but did not receive a satisfactory response. He subsequently filed the case and submitted transaction receipts, emails, legal notices and other documents in support of his claim.

The court noted that no representative of Easypaisa Digital Bank appeared during the proceedings and subsequently issued the decision ex parte.

In addition to ordering the immediate return of Rs40,000, the court directed Easypaisa to pay Rs25,000 to the complainant as compensation for mental distress, inconvenience and legal expenses.

 

The judgment held that Easypaisa had failed to adequately protect its electronic payment system and the customer’s funds, resulting in financial loss as well as mental distress for the account holder.

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