New Delhi: The Central Bank of India has alleged that Rs 13.97 crore was siphoned from its settlement account with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The bank has told the police that unknown people got into the central SFMS server of Indian Financial Technology and Allied Services (Iftas) – a wholly owned RBI subsidiary – through the Structured Financial Messaging System (SFMS) server of its core banking system and thereafter siphoned the funds through 187 unauthorised transfers between October 15 and 17, reported Hindustan Times.SFMS carries the payment messages that banks exchange through the RBI’s RTGS and NEFT systems.As per the FIR lodged by the bank, the money went into 36 bank accounts, with six transfers being made on October 15, 88 on October 16 and 93 on October 17.The bank’s complaint has said that the accounts named as payers in the 187 transactions do not belong to Central Bank of India. Its internal team was also not able to find any of the 187 transactions in any branch, in internet or mobile banking, or through any other channel, reported Hindustan Times.The newspaper cited an unnamed police officer who said that little was known about the transactions, making it “very difficult to find how the money was siphoned off”.After the incident came to notice of the bank authorities, the bank immediately informed the RBI, Iftas, the Daksh portal, the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) and the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).The police have registered a case against unknown persons on charges of cheating and personation.