Broker held in fake stamp paper scam
A broker, the fifth co-accused in the fake stamp paper scam, that was detected in the city a fortnight ago, was arrested from the city
on Saturday. Nimesh alias Bijal Soni, 22, was the man who got the scamsters their customers, officials of crime branch, who arrested him said.
A criminal court here remanded Soni to a four-day police custody on Saturday and sent the earlier four accused Anil Panat, Shailaja Patil, Bhavin Patel and Hemant Bhatt to judicial custody as their duration of police remand got over on Saturday.
Soni, living in Wagheswari Bhuvan of Fatehpura crossroads, had been working for Panat, the mastermind, for the last two years, officers said. Soni has also confessed to obtaining loans of Rs 50,000 each from the Raopura branch of Punjab National Bank and Alkapuri branch of HSBC bank by presenting fake documents.
White collar criminals of the city were his major clients. Apart from fake stamp papers, they also bought fake electricity bills for Rs 500, RTO registration books for Rs 1,000, fake bank passbook for Rs 500. Soni also sold bank statements for Rs 150 a page and corporation's registration documents for Rs 500. Soni charged commissions from the customers. Crime branch officials are trying to track Soni's customers, who he took to Panat.
Source: TOI
on Saturday. Nimesh alias Bijal Soni, 22, was the man who got the scamsters their customers, officials of crime branch, who arrested him said.
A criminal court here remanded Soni to a four-day police custody on Saturday and sent the earlier four accused Anil Panat, Shailaja Patil, Bhavin Patel and Hemant Bhatt to judicial custody as their duration of police remand got over on Saturday.
Soni, living in Wagheswari Bhuvan of Fatehpura crossroads, had been working for Panat, the mastermind, for the last two years, officers said. Soni has also confessed to obtaining loans of Rs 50,000 each from the Raopura branch of Punjab National Bank and Alkapuri branch of HSBC bank by presenting fake documents.
White collar criminals of the city were his major clients. Apart from fake stamp papers, they also bought fake electricity bills for Rs 500, RTO registration books for Rs 1,000, fake bank passbook for Rs 500. Soni also sold bank statements for Rs 150 a page and corporation's registration documents for Rs 500. Soni charged commissions from the customers. Crime branch officials are trying to track Soni's customers, who he took to Panat.
Source: TOI
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