According to the police, D'Souza was hired at ASM Shipping Limited company at Santacruz east in 2016.
Assistant vice president of a shipping company in Santacruz has lodged a complaint at Vakola police station against the accountant of his firm and one more person who allegedly duped his company to the tune of Rs 22 lakhs. The complainant Naresh Agarwal (61) had alleged that the main accused Christopher D'Souza and his crime accomplice Rambali Yadav together orchestrated a fraud plot and by submitting fake payment invoices, the duo managed to get away with the said amount.
According to the police, D'Souza was hired at ASM Shipping Limited company at Santacruz east in 2016. Primarily, he was posted with the accounts department where he used to look after daily financial affairs of the company and would also submit reports to the higher authorities when required. "As a part of the annual procedure, the said shipping company conducted its annual audits of the accounts in this financial year. It was then discovered that fake invoices were submitted at the accounts department with no mention of vendors. Also, the transaction details were full of flaws. D'Souza who had quit the job last year, was called to give an explanation but he never turned up," said a police officer.
When all the records were scrutinised in details, it came to light that a total of 37 invoices and payment slips were deposited by D'Souza in the name of Ramji Travels company.
As per police reports, Agarwal who remains outstation most of the time for work purposes used to hand over the bulk of blank cheques to D'Souza in order to release the payment to the vendors whenever required. D'Souza allegedly misused it and along with Yadav, used the cheques to make payments to the said transport company, which never existed.
"We have a list of 4-5 vendors and Ramji Travels was not one of them. The audit reports highlighted that the fraud was executed without anyone having knowledge about it. After realising about it, we approached the police on Saturday," Agarwal said.
The police have registered a case under section 408, 465, 468, 471, 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and are also looking out for the absconding duo. The investigation of the case is underway and it is being ascertained how much amount has been misappropriated, said the police.
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