Hanamkonda: The main fake certificate racquet involving consulting companies abroad was damaged and 12 people were arrested in Warangal on Tuesday.
Squeezers provide fake certificates to students who fail or increase value for engineering and graduates of degrees to help them secure acceptance at prestigious universities in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
Consultants collect students anywhere between Rs 1 Lakh to Rs 4 Lakh based on the level of fraud.
These consultants will forward complete details of students to their computer experts who set up a fake certificate for students who fail / pass with enhanced signs to 80-90%.
The police have identified 212 students who obtained a fake certificate and from 62 of these students already abroad.
According to Police Commissioner Warangal Tarun Joshi, the consultant involves Dara Arun (28) from Mahabubabad and Akula Ravi Avinash (33) of Hyderabad who specializes in editing and making MEMO MARKS.
Racket does not only deny students all the opportunity to attend overseas courses but also create a worrying situation by allowing students who do not meet the requirements to get global placement, said Commissioner.
The defendant who was arrested was Arun Dara (28), a fake document maker from Mahabubabad; Madadi Srikanth Reddy (38), the owner of the Aeaes global consultation at Nakkalagutta, Hanamkonda; Akula Ravi Avinash (33), the owner of my luxury mattress from Quthbullapur in Hyderabad; Arandula Mahesh (30), the owner of a crystal consultation abroad in Hanamkonda; Mirza Aktheri Ali Baig (30) from the Post Colony, Subedari; Madisetty Sachin (30), owner of SB abroad Nehru Nagar, Madikonda; Chedarla Saloni aka Radh (30), running the Xerox store and Ghatkeshwar residents; Pogula Sudhakar Reddy (49), owner of the World Linx Overseas Pvt Ltd Curche Colony, Hanamkonda; Baloju (33), employees in global consultations, Hanamkonda; NALLA PRANAY (27), a BTECH student from Hanamkonda; Ambati Uttam Kiran (37) from Subedari; and M Swathi (36) from Hanamkonda.
The consultant was raided by the Commissioner’s Detectives Detective, Kakatiya University Campus (KUC) and the Subedari Police.
The police seized several false education graduation certificates from various universities, 6 laptops, 1 iPad, 10 cellphones, 2 printers, 1 laminate machine, 5 CPU, 10 laminated glass paper and 2 cartridges from their ownership.