New Delhi, June 12 (UNI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested an accused in an ongoing investigation of a case associated to alleged fraudulent withdrawal of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) claims by identification theft, company officers stated.

A case was registered on February 8 final yr towards seven institutions and different unknown people on a grievance from EPFO associated to alleged fraudulent actions involving identification theft, aimed toward illegally withdrawing funds from the PF accounts of real beneficiaries, CBI stated in a press release.

It was alleged that the accused had adopted the modus operandi to focus on people whose Aadhaar playing cards weren’t linked to their PF accounts. It was additional alleged that the fraudsters obtained an Aadhaar card with equivalent identify, date of delivery, and gender by submitting solid paperwork to replace an present Aadhaar card. It was additionally alleged that the fraudsters registered the altered Aadhaar card with fictitious institutions and linked it to the respective institutions, it stated.

The fraudsters fraudulently withdrew PF funds by submitting a number of on-line claims on behalf of real PF members, it added.

Searches had been performed at eight premises belonging to the accused and others positioned in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Delhi which led to restoration of assorted incriminating paperwork, cellphones, ATM playing cards, cheque books and passbooks, the assertion stated.

The accused was produced earlier than the courtroom and remanded to 4 days of police custody.

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