The police on Friday said that a woman employee of a firm in Maharashtra's Thane city allegedly swindled Rs 1.9 crore from the company through unauthorised use of corporate credit cards and fabricated financial records, reported news agency PTI.

Based on a complaint lodged on July 15, the police have registered a case under sections 316(4) (criminal breach of trust), 336(2) and 336(3) (forgery), and 340(2) (using forged documents as genuine) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), an official said.

He said that the accused, employed at a prominent laboratory firm in the Wagle Estate area, was entrusted with three company credit cards for official business expenses, but she misused them for personal expenditure, reported PTI.