A close examination of these bank accounts revealed that several high-value inward rebates, each amounting to a few lakhs, were credited to these accounts and also debited from those accounts within a few hours.
Upon interrogating the official account holders, central agency officials found out that they were either current or former employees of a corporate entity owned by arrested private promoter Ayan Sil, who was also a co-accused in the multi-crore cash-for-hire case . School-job issue.
CBI officers interrogated some of these official account holders who confessed that they were forced to open the accounts by SILL. They were also forced to submit entire supporting documents like passbooks, checkbooks and even debit cards to the SIIL. Sources said that the official account holders had no authority to operate those accounts.
The second interesting factor in the scam, as revealed by the investigating officers, is how a section of middlemen, who are linked to SIIL, used the process to earn huge sums of money in two ways.
The first proceeds were a commission from the recipients or ultimate beneficiaries or recipients of the proceeds in the alleged scam. At the same time, after receiving the appointment letters, this class of agents also collected commission from those candidates.
The scam allegedly occurred in several civic bodies between 2014 and 2018.
Upon interrogating the official account holders, central agency officials found out that they were either current or former employees of a corporate entity owned by arrested private promoter Ayan Sil, who was also a co-accused in the multi-crore cash-for-hire case . School-job issue.
CBI officers interrogated some of these official account holders who confessed that they were forced to open the accounts by SILL. They were also forced to submit entire supporting documents like passbooks, checkbooks and even debit cards to the SIIL. Sources said that the official account holders had no authority to operate those accounts.
The second interesting factor in the scam, as revealed by the investigating officers, is how a section of middlemen, who are linked to SIIL, used the process to earn huge sums of money in two ways.
The first proceeds were a commission from the recipients or ultimate beneficiaries or recipients of the proceeds in the alleged scam. At the same time, after receiving the appointment letters, this class of agents also collected commission from those candidates.
The scam allegedly occurred in several civic bodies between 2014 and 2018.
