Thiruvananthapuram: A total of RS 26 lakh accepted when delivery of money for a variety of missing needs in Nemom Zonal Office, an investigation by Wing City Corporation has revealed.
The amount sent at the zonal office in 25 working days from February 2020 June 2021 has not been stored in a corporate bank account, according to the source.
It all started with a non-dangerous query about the transaction carried out at the Zonal Srekaryam office because the staff found something wrong about the seal on the counterfoil slip.
When officials entered through the bank, confirmed that the money was never stored in a bank account.
Further questions in 11 zonal offices cause similar fraud revelations at the Attipra, Ulloo and Nemom office.
Nemom reported the biggest fraud so far with a number of Rs 26 lakh missing from a corporate account.
The modus operandi is similar to what happened in Sreekaryam.
In some cases, even the calculating slip is lost but still, the entry is made in a collection register and money has never made it to the account.
Local fund audits have reported that many slip counter foils that are checked by the team do not have branch codes or bank seals, show clear forgery cases.
The audit report said that the zonal office did not have any documents to identify staff carrying daily cash from the zon office to the bank.
Officials with the Civic body hang out to find out if this is the result of the work of one individual or a group of people.
The corporation has pressed for allegations of theft, conspiracy, misuse of government funds and cheating in complaints submitted to corporate staff at the Zonal Office of Srekaryam.
The Civic body will file a new complaint with the police against the Nemom Zonal Office staff on Thursday.
Officials said technical deficiencies in IKM accounting software and weakness during the Covid locking months provide a conducive environment for fraud.
“One problem with the current software is that the record of daily collection in zonal offices cannot be monitored centrally.
It will take 15 days to reflect.
Even though it is possible to track certain transactions for a day at the zonal office, it is still the task of Herculean to cross With a bank report because notes from 11 zon offices come as mass documents, “said an official.
The Civic body has communicated with IKM to influence relevant updates in software so that daily remittances in the zon office can be monitored in real time.
Despite thinking of the option to open several accounts in zonal offices, procedural norms do not allow the operation of a separate account for each zon office.
Now, the transfer of money tracked manually and directed has been issued to maintain reconciliation and confirm all transactions within 10 every month.
A special team from the main office will visit each zon office to ensure that reconciliation reconsiliation is immediately maintained.