Both the managers gave fake report without going to the spot (file photo)
Digital Desk, New Delhi. Managers of two branches of Punjab and Sind Bank in Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan, along with cyber criminals, committed a scam of Rs 1621 crore. In this case, CBI has started investigation by registering two separate FIRs against 30 people and firms on January 13.
CBI has registered cases against the accused under sections of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and using fake documents as well as under the Prevention of Corruption Act. This scam was done through fake companies. Scammers use mule bank accounts to launder the black money of cyber criminals and money laundering.
17 mule accounts moved from here to there
Within a few months, the scammers transferred crores of rupees through 17 Mule accounts. How much loss the bank suffered has not yet been officially revealed. Unofficially it is being said that there is a scam of Rs 1621 crore. According to the CBI FIR, the main accused were Vikas Wadhwa and Aman Anand, managers of two branches of Punjab and Sindh Bank.
He committed the scam in Chandigarh along with Zirakpur resident Aditya Gupta, Prem Sain, Praveen Arora and Atil Khan. The accused had opened mule current bank accounts in the name of 17 firms and companies. Prepare fake KYC documents, fake rent deed and other fake documents and get them deposited in the bank.
Without even visiting the spot, both the managers prepared fake site visit report, business certification and other reports, on the basis of which the accounts were opened. After this, four bank accounts were opened in the main branch of Sri Ganganagar from June 19 to July 9, 2024 in August 2024, through which transactions worth Rs 537 crore were made.
Transaction worth Rs 1048 crore done
A total of 13 accounts were opened in the second branch during the period from August 2024 to March 2025, through which transactions worth about Rs 1048 crore were made. According to preliminary investigation, after the accounts were activated, they were used to route, layer and transfer black money earned from cyber crime and other illegal activities through bank channels.
In this case, CBI has collected many documents by raiding the premises of Ajay Garg, Director of LKG Info Solutions Firm in Sriganganagar last week. According to CBI, fake bank accounts were opened in the names of more than a dozen firms and their owners. Earlier, police investigation had revealed that transactions worth crores of rupees were made through Mule accounts.
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