With a faux id, the person used to offer interviews for accountant or auditor publish.(Representational)
Ahmedabad:
A 23-year-old man has been arrested in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad for allegedly dishonest 15 completely different companies of at the least Rs 50 lakh by forgery within the final 4 years, crime department mentioned on Tuesday.
The accused, Jay Soni, was impressed by Hollywood film ”Catch Me If You Can” to commit the crime which concerned forging paperwork and hiding his actual id to fraudulently withdraw cash from banks, in accordance with crime department.
Mr Soni was arrested on Monday after an in depth probe into his modus operandi which concerned not forsaking any clue about his actual id or whereabouts, mentioned a launch.
At the very least seven complaints of dishonest and forgery had been filed in opposition to Soni in Ahmedabd, two in Vadodara and 6 in Jaipur in Rajasthan, it mentioned.
That is the primary time since 2016 that Mr Soni, who has allegedly siphoned off lakhs of rupees from financial institution accounts of firms the place he used to work, has been picked up.
He has been concerned in dishonest of over Rs 50 lakh, the crime department mentioned.
“It began in 2015 when Soni and his father Ramesh Soni watched the film ”Catch Me If You Can”, which was primarily based on the lifetime of American cheque forger and conman Frank Abagnale,” the discharge mentioned.
Mr Soni is a local of Khedbrahma in Gujarat.
“Each Soni and his father studied in an English medium college. After watching the film, they determined to earn a living utilizing cast cheques. First, Mr Soni learnt accounting and auditing. He then learnt fundamentals of pc from YouTube and ready a cast PAN card and Aadhaar card with a faux title and tackle utilizing MS Paint utility,” it acknowledged.
Mr Soni bought SIM playing cards with the assistance of the cast paperwork to open financial institution accounts, the discharge mentioned, including that his father had helped him in shopping for SIM playing cards.
Armed with a faux id, Mr Soni used to offer interviews for the publish of accountant or auditor.
“Whereas working in workplace, Mr Soni used to steal cheques and put together duplicate stamps of the agency he’s working for. He used to forge the signature of firm proprietor and clear cheques in his personal favour,” the crime department mentioned.
Mr Soni then used to switch that cash into different financial institution accounts or cellular wallets.
He would resign after committing the crime, it mentioned.
Since, he used to submit cast paperwork and ID proofs, police usually couldn’t determine or hint him regardless of amassing data from his employers and banks.
After an intensive investigation, crime department officers lastly positioned him to his residence in Udaipur in neighbouring Rajasthan.
He was saved underneath watch and was arrested as quickly as he landed in Ahmedabad for a job interview, the discharge mentioned.
Mr Soni’s father had been arrested in 2003 by metropolis police for promoting stolen autos.
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