Four cash firm employees booked for Rs 6 lakh ATM collection fraud in Thane

Police have registered a case against four employees of a cash management company for allegedly misappropriating Rs 618 lakh while handling ATM collections in Maharashtras Thane district officials said on Thursday reported news agency PTIThe four accused a cashier two security guards and a driver were tasked with collecting the remaining cash from various bank ATMs and depositing it in the companys vaults they saidOn October 13 they collected Rs 7054100 from various ATMs but deposited only Rs 6435200 The companys audit revealed a shortage of Rs 618900 following which a senior representative of the cash management firm lodged a complaint against them the official from Kolsewadi police station said reported PTIThe accused allegedly diverted the unaccounted cash for personal use As part of the probe the police were verifying the ATM collection records analysing CCTV footage and looking into the vehicle movement logs according to police reported PTIWe have initiated an investigation into the alleged breach of trust As of now no arrests have been made and efforts are on to trace the missing amount and verify the individual roles of the accused the official said reported PTIThe case has been registered against the accused under Sections 3164 criminal breach of trust and 35 common intention of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita the police addedFIR against two for cheating investorsIn another case the police have launched a search for two suspected fraudsters accused of defrauding investors of Rs 3736 lakh by luring them into investing in a transport business with the fake promise of lucrative returns officials said on Wednesday reported PTIThe accused duo residents of Dombivli in Thane district allegedly misled investors into believing that they had secured a contract to transport consignments from the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and needed funding a police official said reported PTIAt least five individuals fell prey to the claims of high returns on investments and deposited Rs 3736100 They approached the police and lodged an FIR after the accused duo started evading them the official added reported PTIA case was registered at Vishnu Nagar police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and a search was launched to trace the duoMeanwhile the police have busted an international cyber slavery racket wherein Indian youth were sent to Laos under the pretext of lucrative jobs and forced into cyber fraud operations controlled by Chinese nationals officials said on Wednesday reported PTIOne person has been arrested so far in this connection and the police have registered a case against him and several others they saidThe racket came to light after the police received information that certain agents based at MiraBhayandar in Maharashtras Thane district had illegally facilitated the travel of a man Ismail Ibrahim Syed to Laos via Thailand They had promised him a wellpaying job at an online call centre Assistant Commissioner of Police Crime Madan Ballal said reported PTIWith inputs from PTI