The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC), Enforcement Officer of EPFO, and a private person (middleman) in Lucknow.
The CBI laid a trap and apprehended the enforcement officer and the middleman while they were accepting a bribe of Rs 8 lakh from the complainant. The accused who have been arrested will be produced before the Special Judge for CBI cases in Lucknow.
CBI registered a case against the said, “Enforcement Officer, EPFO, Lucknow, and the middleman on a complaint alleging that the accused had demanded undue advantage of Rs 12 lakh through a consultant/private person (middleman) for not imposing/levying tax in the improper way on a private company, engaged in supply of manpower.”
In July 2023, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR against an EPFO official, and 13 ex-employees of Jet Airways in the PF claims fraud case.
The FIR Copy read, “Bamne was found to be involved in various fraudulent activities. While working as Dealing Assistant in Accounts Section in Kandivli, Bamne received illegal gratification in his as well as his wife’s bank accounts through multiple modes of online banking from employees of various establishments in lieu of their claim settlement.”
“This aspect has been confirmed in the investigation by cross-verifying the online credit entries in the accounts of the official and his wife with the corresponding debit entries in the bank accounts of employees of various establishments, whose EPF claims were settled by Machindra Bamne,” the FIR copy added.
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