ICICI Bank topped the list of banks that witnessed most number of frauds with as many as 455 fraud cases involving Rs 1 lakh and above recorded between April 2016 and December 2016. 

The data provided by RBI to Finance Ministry shows that after ICICI, SBI (429) took the second spot followed by Standard Chartered (244), HDFC Bank (237), Axis Bank (189), Bank of Baroda (176) and Citibank (150).

While ICICI Bank tops bank frauds list, SBI reported frauds involving Rs 2,236.81 crore, followed by Punjab National Bank (Rs 2,250.34 crore) and Axis Bank (Rs 1,998.49 crore).

About 450 bank employees were involved in fraud cases worth Rs 17,750 crore in different public and private sector banks during the first nine months of current fiscal.

SBI reported 64 of its employees being involved in fraud cases, while it was 49 for HDFC and 35 for Axis Bank.