MUMBAI: The 23-year-old accountant, who was arrested for defrauding a belongings leasing company of Rs 4 crore, committed the crime to repay money owed of Rs 10 lakh.
The accused, Dipunj Gupta (23), had taken loans for placing bets on cricket suits while pursuing his chartered accountancy studies in Delhi. Gupta, a trade graduate, was hired with Executive Centre India Pvt Ltd, which is in the industry of offering furnished work space or place of job blocks to its clients on lease.
“The earning that company received as hire was deposited in the company’s checking account. The same account is used to make payments to those entities from whom the company took the premises on hire prior to subletting it,” a police officer said.
Gupta allegedly opened a fake checking account in the identify of a consumer. “He accessed the passwords of senior executives authorized to function the corporate’s bank accounts and transferred the cash to the checking account he opened in the identify of the client. This cash was then routed to accounts of his accomplices from where it was withdrawn. The accomplices have been paid a commission,” an officer said. The cash was illegally transferred between January 1 to January 10. The company unearthed discrepancies round mid-January and the case was registered on January 22. Gupta got here to Mumbai after operating away his house in Delhi in 2016 and did unusual jobs prior to becoming a member of Executive Centre India. DCP Anil Kumbhare constituted a team beneath assistant police commissioner Ravindra Dhoipode and Vakola police senior inspector Okay Avhad.
The team arrested Gupta and he has been remanded in police custody till June eight.
Clarification
The document titled ‘Accountant defrauds builder of Rs 4 crore by means of diverting buyers’ payments, held’ printed in Friday’s edition was wrong. It was erroneously mentioned that Dipunj Gupta was hired with Kalpataru Group and had transferred finances received from customers into his accounts. He was hired with Executive Centre India Pvt Ltd, which has no connections with Kalpataru Group. The error is regretted.
The accused, Dipunj Gupta (23), had taken loans for placing bets on cricket suits while pursuing his chartered accountancy studies in Delhi. Gupta, a trade graduate, was hired with Executive Centre India Pvt Ltd, which is in the industry of offering furnished work space or place of job blocks to its clients on lease.
“The earning that company received as hire was deposited in the company’s checking account. The same account is used to make payments to those entities from whom the company took the premises on hire prior to subletting it,” a police officer said.
Gupta allegedly opened a fake checking account in the identify of a consumer. “He accessed the passwords of senior executives authorized to function the corporate’s bank accounts and transferred the cash to the checking account he opened in the identify of the client. This cash was then routed to accounts of his accomplices from where it was withdrawn. The accomplices have been paid a commission,” an officer said. The cash was illegally transferred between January 1 to January 10. The company unearthed discrepancies round mid-January and the case was registered on January 22. Gupta got here to Mumbai after operating away his house in Delhi in 2016 and did unusual jobs prior to becoming a member of Executive Centre India. DCP Anil Kumbhare constituted a team beneath assistant police commissioner Ravindra Dhoipode and Vakola police senior inspector Okay Avhad.
The team arrested Gupta and he has been remanded in police custody till June eight.
Clarification
The document titled ‘Accountant defrauds builder of Rs 4 crore by means of diverting buyers’ payments, held’ printed in Friday’s edition was wrong. It was erroneously mentioned that Dipunj Gupta was hired with Kalpataru Group and had transferred finances received from customers into his accounts. He was hired with Executive Centre India Pvt Ltd, which has no connections with Kalpataru Group. The error is regretted.
Mum: Man dupes firm of Rs 4cr to repay Rs 10L
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