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  • CG CRIME: Fraud worth lakhs from forest department, accused arrested

    Abhishek Mishra, Dhamtari. A case of fraud of Rs 6 lakh 67 thousand has come to light from the Forest Department in the district. The accused Manoj Soni has been arrested by the police. The accused is the president of Haritima Environment Protection Service Committee. He has committed fraud in the name of setting up a battle camp under the Cattle Wealth Management Scheme.

    The police registered the case after receiving a complaint. According to the information, the forest department had a contract with the organization of the accused. This contract was worth more than Rs 66 lakh 67 thousand. As its first installment, Rs 6 lakh 67 thousand was given to Manoj Soni. According to the contract, accused Manoj had to complete the work with this amount, but the work was never started from Manoj Soni’s side.

    Even after sending notice for a long time, Manoj Soni did not complete the contract. After this, when the Forest Department asked for the money back from Manoj Soni, he did not even return the amount. After this, the Forest Department was forced to complain about this matter to the police. This complaint was made in 2023 and now the accused has been arrested.

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  • Mumbai Man Arrested For Duping Chennai Businessman Of Rs 2.82 Crore In Franchise Scam: Reports |

    MUMBAI: A 32-year-old man named Pratik Radhakrishnan was arrested on Monday for duping a Chennai-based businessman, M S Rajendran, out of Rs 2.82 crore. Radhakrishnan, who had been previously employed as an assistant manager at a nationalized bank, orchestrated the scam by promising Rajendran the franchise rights for a reputable clothing brand, reported Times of India.

    According to multiple reports, the incident dates back to 2019 when Pratik Radhakrishnan forged official documents, including the logo, seal, and signatures of high-level executives from the clothing company, to create a fake agreement. Over several instalments, Rajendran transferred a total of Rs 2.82 crore to Radhakrishnan, believing he would secure the franchise.

    However, after two years of waiting, when Rajendran still had not received the promised licence, he demanded his money back. Instead of returning the amount, Pratik Radhakrishnan allegedly threatened the businessman, prompting Rajendran to file a complaint with the central crime branch’s entrustment document fraud (EDF) wing, said reports. Acting on the complaint, the EDF wing launched an investigation and arrested Radhakrishnan in Mumbai.

    Pratik Radhakrishnan was remanded into judicial custody by a city court on Monday, said the TOI report. The police revealed that the former bank employee had meticulously planned the scam, using forged documents to convince Rajendran of the authenticity of the deal. His arrest has shed light on the elaborate fraud and serves as a warning to others about such scams. The police are continuing their investigation into whether the accused has been involved in similar fraudulent activities elsewhere.

  • He was absconding for a year after committing fraud of lakhs, capital police arrested the thug from Ahmedabad

    Raipur. The capital police has arrested an accused who was absconding from Ahmedabad in a fraud case. The accused was absconding for the last one year and the police was trying to catch him. The accused Jaidev Dua had cheated the applicant of Rs 15 lakh for a construction work in front of the TVS showroom located in Fafadeep. This case is from Devendra Nagar police station area.

    The applicant had lodged a complaint in the police station that he had given a work order to Jaidev Dua for aluminum composite panel and other material work by Vishal Builder. In return, the applicant had given Rs 5 lakh in advance on March 7, 2019. However, Jaidev sent low quality material, which was not taken back even after repeated requests. After this, Jaidev sent an invoice of Rs 22 lakh, on which the applicant paid another Rs 10 lakh. Still neither the goods were delivered nor any work was done. Due to repeated procrastination by Jaidev Dua, the applicant got the work completed by another contractor. Due to this fraud, the police had registered a crime against the accused under section 420.

    After continuous efforts in the case, the police arrested Jaidev from Ahmedabad. During interrogation, he confessed his crime, after which he was brought to Raipur on transit remand and legal action was taken against him.

  • Deputy Director of Employment Exchange became a victim of fraud, fraud of Rs. 6.42 lakh in the name of bank KYC update

    Virendra Gahwai, Bilaspur. Even educated people are becoming victims of fraudsters. One such recent case has come to light in Bilaspur district, where a cunning fraudster has cheated the Deputy Director of Employment Office of Rs 6 lakh 42 thousand online by luring him to update the KYC of his bank account. This case is of Sarkanda police station area. After the complaint of the incident, the police have registered a case against unknown accused and have started investigation.

    According to the information, Vishnu Prasad Kedia, who lives in Mopka of Sarkanda police station area, is a deputy director in the employment office. On May 10, he received a call on his mobile, in which the caller introduced himself as a bank officer and lured him into getting his SBI account KYC done. After that, he was asked to transfer money in installments on different pretexts. On this, the unknown accused transferred Rs 6 lakh 42 thousand in different installments, yet the money was being demanded. Then the deputy director realized that he had been cheated online. After which he lodged a report of the incident at the police station. On the report of the victim, the police have registered a case against the unknown accused under section 420, 66 G and are investigating.

  • Three years imprisonment to two people in money laundering case related to fraud of around Rs. 3 crores

    Three years imprisonment to two people in money laundering case related to fraud of around Rs. 3 crores

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    New Delhi :

    The PMLA Special Court of Lucknow has convicted two accused Vishal Sharma alias Shivash Pathak and Naeem Khan alias RK Mishra in a money laundering case related to the fraud committed with the Central Bank. He had taken loan on fake “Kisan Vikas Patra” purchased fraudulently from the post office by using fake ID and address of Government of India and Allahabad Bank. Both were sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on Friday.

    The special court sentenced him to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 for the offense under Section 3 r/w 4 of the PMLA. Both were sent to Lucknow District Jail.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had investigated this case on the basis of four FIRs registered by Lucknow CBI under various sections of IPC 1860 against various persons including both the convicts. In the FIR, they were accused of taking loans using “Kisan Vikas Patra” with fake ID and address as part of a criminal conspiracy along with other accused, including postal employees. Through this act he defrauded Central Bank of India and Allahabad Bank to the tune of Rs 2.87 crore.

    During the ED investigation under PMLA, five immovable properties, flats, shops, residential houses and agricultural land worth Rs 2.87 crore of both the convicts were attached. In the case, on April 11, 2018, a prosecution complaint was filed under Section 45 of PMLA against four people including accused Vishal Sharma and Naeem Khan.

    During the trial he was convicted of money laundering. After hearing the arguments, Special Judge Ajay Vikram Singh sentenced both the convicts to three years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 under sections 3 and 4 of the PMLA. The case is going on against other accused.