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Bank fraud: How did 6 men get 500 SIM cards?

Gurgaon: Investigation of the fraud of RS 1.4-Crore executed in the city by a former loan agent with a nationalized bank has changed the spotlight on alleged irregularities in the issuance of 500 SIM cards from leading telecommunications companies used by the defendant.
Bank officials have faced the probe for alleged leaking customer data.
Praveen Mittal, the mastermind, allegedly deceived farmers in the city number in 2019.
Mittal managed to get a cellphone number that was linked to a farmer bank account changed.
Apart from the former loan agent, Mittal’s six feet allegedly providing a SIM card to him without the required documents has been captured so far.
A pine, the second in this case, was submitted below Section 419 (cheating with the imitation), 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery) and 471 (using fake documents) IPC at the Sector Police Office 37 on Saturday.
In June 2019, a FIR had been put forward at the same police station after fraud was revealed.
Fir Saturday stated that the six men were suspected of buying 500 SIM cards illegally in relation to airtle officials and other individuals who violated the norms set by the Department of Telecommunications and sold them to various people.
The police are expected to name more people in FIR because the investigation continues.
One of the SIM cards was used by Mittal to cheat farmers.
Apart from several airtla officials, the police were also investigating the role of Dinesh Sharma, who allegedly prepared a fake paper from a recruitment company in Gurgaon and helped the racket to get a SIM card.
“SIM cards can be used for anti-national activities,” said a police officer.
A airtel spokesman told Ti that they worked with the police.
“As a law-abiding company, we have extended full cooperation to the authorities and will continue to help them.
Because this problem is subjudice, we cannot comment further,” said the spokesman.
The second FIR came after the Punjab High Court and Haryana ordered the Gurgaon police to submit a separate case to investigate how many SIM cards were attached cheat.
This problem was raised in the trial on August 16 where bank officials under the probe for their role in fraud had sought anticipatory guarantees from the High Court.
“We found that the defendant illegally buys around 500 SIM cards.
Investigation Details are presented before the High Court in hearing,” said ACP (DLF) Karan Goel, the head of a special investigation team formed to investigate this case.

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