MUMBAI: The 23-year-old accountant, who was arrested for defrauding a belongings leasing firm of Rs 4 crore, dedicated the crime to pay off debts of Rs 10 lakh.
The accused, Dipunj Gupta (23), had taken loans for putting bets on cricket suits while pursuing his chartered accountancy studies in Delhi. Gupta, a commerce graduate, was employed with Executive Centre India Pvt Ltd, which is within the business of offering furnished work space or place of work blocks to its shoppers on rent.
“The earning that corporate received as rent was deposited within the corporate’s bank account. The same account is used to make bills to these entities from whom the firm took the premises on rent prior to subletting it,” a police officer mentioned.
Gupta allegedly opened a faux bank account within the identify of a consumer. “He accessed the passwords of senior executives licensed to function the corporate’s bank accounts and transferred the cash to the bank account he opened within the identify of the client. This money was then routed to accounts of his accomplices from where it was withdrawn. The accomplices have been paid a fee,” an officer mentioned. The cash was illegally transferred between January 1 to January 10. The firm unearthed discrepancies around mid-January and the case was registered on January 22. Gupta came to Mumbai after operating away his house in Delhi in 2016 and did ordinary jobs prior to joining Executive Centre India. DCP Anil Kumbhare constituted a staff underneath assistant police commissioner Ravindra Dhoipode and Vakola police senior inspector K Avhad.
The staff arrested Gupta and he has been remanded in police custody until June 8.
Clarification
The report titled ‘Accountant defrauds builder of Rs 4 crore by diverting consumers’ bills, held’ published in Friday’s version was fallacious. It was erroneously mentioned that Dipunj Gupta was employed with Kalpataru Group and had transferred finances received from customers into his accounts. He was employed 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 putting bets on cricket suits while pursuing his chartered accountancy studies in Delhi. Gupta, a commerce graduate, was employed with Executive Centre India Pvt Ltd, which is within the business of offering furnished work space or place of work blocks to its shoppers on rent.
“The earning that corporate received as rent was deposited within the corporate’s bank account. The same account is used to make bills to these entities from whom the firm took the premises on rent prior to subletting it,” a police officer mentioned.
Gupta allegedly opened a faux bank account within the identify of a consumer. “He accessed the passwords of senior executives licensed to function the corporate’s bank accounts and transferred the cash to the bank account he opened within the identify of the client. This money was then routed to accounts of his accomplices from where it was withdrawn. The accomplices have been paid a fee,” an officer mentioned. The cash was illegally transferred between January 1 to January 10. The firm unearthed discrepancies around mid-January and the case was registered on January 22. Gupta came to Mumbai after operating away his house in Delhi in 2016 and did ordinary jobs prior to joining Executive Centre India. DCP Anil Kumbhare constituted a staff underneath assistant police commissioner Ravindra Dhoipode and Vakola police senior inspector K Avhad.
The staff arrested Gupta and he has been remanded in police custody until June 8.
Clarification
The report titled ‘Accountant defrauds builder of Rs 4 crore by diverting consumers’ bills, held’ published in Friday’s version was fallacious. It was erroneously mentioned that Dipunj Gupta was employed with Kalpataru Group and had transferred finances received from customers into his accounts. He was employed with Executive Centre India Pvt Ltd, which has no connections with Kalpataru Group. The error is regretted.
Mumbai man dupes firm of Rs 4cr to repay Rs 10L
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June 02, 2018
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