5 folks have been arrested by the Central Crime Department (CCB) police for his or her involvement in illegally registering non-existent firms on authorities web sites and utilizing these bogus entities to challenge pretend Employment State Insurance coverage (ESI) and e-Pehachan playing cards to sufferers.
CCB deputy commissioner of police Srinivas Gowda stated that the accused had been recognized as Sridhar(55), a safety guard on the ESI Hospital in Rajajinagar, Ramesh (50), proprietor of the hospital canteen, Shivlinga (35), a former worker of Ramaiah Hospital, Shweta (30), and Shasikala (35) an auditor.
He stated: “The fraudsters used the names of non-existent firms to create pretend ESI and e-Pehachan playing cards. Sufferers, lots of whom had been financially distressed, had been usually tricked into paying quantities starting from ₹10,000 to ₹2 lakh. In return, they had been issued pretend ESI playing cards. The fraudster, in the meantime, would pay ₹500 paid to the federal government as a part of the scheme. Nevertheless, solely ₹280 went to the federal government, whereas the remaining ₹220 was pocketed by the accused.”
He stated that the criminal activity got here to gentle after the CCB police acquired a grievance concerning the fraudulent creation of ESI playing cards. “Investigations revealed that Shasikala, one of many accused, had been producing pretend ESI playing cards at her house for over two years. In the course of the raids, the police seized a number of objects together with pretend ESI playing cards, pretend firm seals, stamps of medical doctors from numerous hospitals, 4 laptops, and ₹59,500 in money,” he stated.
He identified that the investigation additionally revealed that the accused had issued pretend playing cards to roughly 869 folks over the previous two years.
“We acquired grievance from ESI authorities about pretend firms availing ESI facility final week. We swung into motion and managed to nab all 5 accused and booked beneath BNS part 338 (Forgery of weak safety) and 336 (forgery) and produced earlier than ACMM court docket, which remanded to judicial custody for 14 days. The accused issued playing cards to 869 folks to date,” he stated.
“The accused had been concerned on this crime since 2018, stopped briefly throughout Covid and after the pandemic they began once more,” he added.
