700 million rupees were illegally sent abroad
Chandigarh News (Aaj Samaj) Chandigarh: The State Crime Branch of Haryana Police managed to crack a racketeering case in which the accused were illegally sending black money abroad by setting up fake companies. The investigation found that the accused had illegally sent approximately Rs 700 million to foreign company accounts. So far seven accused have been arrested in this case while charges have been filed in court against five other accused.
Haryana Police received a complaint in this regard on March 18, 2024. Taking cognizance of the complaint received, on the directions of Haryana Director General of Police Shatrujit Kapoor, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed under the presidency of Additional Director General of Police, State Crime Branch and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Gurugram. Nitish Aggarwal. The defendants separately showed the companies’ business facilities, bank records, ROC and CGST records and import and export related documents so that departments such as the Director of Revenue Intelligence, the Department Customs, Enforcement Directorate and Central GST, etc., could not be caught.
The companies were registered in the names of fictitious directors.
During the investigation it was discovered that the accused used to organize and register companies in the names of fictitious directors. The bank accounts of the directors of these companies were opened personally and through EKYC in connivance with the bank employees and they used to operate those accounts themselves by keeping with them the ATM cards, net banking passwords and registered mobile SIM cards of those accounts. The companies created on the basis of false documents in the name of fictitious administrators, who purported to do business with foreign companies, imported and exported foreign goods at the ports of Gujarat and Mumbai. During this time, Indian currency was sent abroad showing the price of goods on the invoice many times higher than the market price and illegally charging huge commissions per dollar.
I used to rent things
Money from the accounts of the accused companies was withdrawn from accounts of other companies showing false purchases and sales and money from the main accounts of these companies was transferred by the defendants in dollars to accounts of foreign companies. The accused used to rent goods from foreign companies and show the documents as they had been purchased from them and import the goods and after some time export them back. Payment for the goods shown as imported was sent to the foreign company’s accounts but payment for the exported goods did not return to the domestic company’s accounts.
This item was recovered from the defendant.
In the investigation, three accused are residents of Delhi, while others are from Dehradun, Jhajjar, Sonipat and Faridabad. Charges have been filed in court against five accused in the case on the basis of complete evidence. During the investigation, a large number of fake company documents, about 26 mobile phones, laptops, company seals, etc. were recovered from the accused. Apart from this case, other cases of murder, serious injuries, etc. have also been registered. against one of the detained defendants. The case is being thoroughly investigated by a special investigation team under the supervision of senior officials.
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