A peon working in a readymade garments firm was caught after buying jewellery worth Rs40 lakh through an online transaction, making a cheque payment through the company’s bank account.
A 24-year-old peon working in a readymade garments firm was caught after buying jewellery worth Rs40 lakh through an online transaction from a Pune-based shop, making a cheque payment through the company’s bank account using a Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) form.
“Manoj Chukrele, 24, was arrested for cheating and forgery on Saturday. All the jewellery was recovered from his Mankhurd house, “ said sub-inspector VS Kalekar of NM Joshi Marg police, adding that a manhunt has been launched to nab Chukrele’s associates.
The forgery came to light in March. While checking the company’s bank statement, junior manager (accounts & finance) Shamsunder Pednekar noticed that Rs40 lakh had been transferred to the account of Kothari Diamonds, a jewellery store in Pune through an RTGS form.
Pednekar immediately contacted the Nariman Point branch of HDFC Bank where the company maintained its account and collected Xerox copies of the said cheque and RTGS form through which the cash was transferred.
Surprisingly, during the investigation, company management found signatures of their director Tarani Jindal and consultant Savita Chopra on the cheque and RTGS form. They also noticed that the date on the cheque had been handwritten. Additionally, details about Kothari Jewellers was clearly mentioned in the RTGS form. Jindal and Chopra had signed the documents in complete trust, not bothering to check the fine print.
During the inquiry, Ashish Kothari, partner of Kothari Jewellers confirmed that they had indeed received Rs40 lakh worth of cash. Kothari told the police that a man named Ghanshyam Arora purchased the jewellery via an online transaction and Arora’s colleagues, Rahul and Rakesh picked up the ornaments from their Pune shop and Zaveri Bazar in Mumbai on March 16 and March 17 respectively.
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