PF – CBI Books EPFO Official, 13 Ex-employees of Jet Airways in PF Claims Fraud Case
Contents News/Article Date: 14th July 2023
Relating to which Act: The Employees Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952;
Penalty under the Act: Whoever, for the purpose of avoiding any payment to be made by himself under this Act [the Scheme, the [Pension] Scheme] or the Insurance Scheme] or of enabling any other person to avoid such payment knowingly makes or causes to be made any false statement or false representation shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine of five thousand rupees, or with both].
Applicable to which State: All the States and Establishments to be covered by these Acts
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Pertains to: All establishments and members covered by the EPF and EPS Act.
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And in the current instance: The CBI bas booked a Mumbai-based officer of EPFO and 13 former employees of grounded airline Jet Airways who had paid bribes to him to settle their provident fund claims, officials said Thursday. The case was handed over to the CBI after a probe by the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) vigilance found alleged fraudulent activities of Mahindra Jagannath Bamne, senior social security assistant posted at accounts section of its regional office in Kandivali(E).
It emerged that that Bamne received illegal gratification in his as well as his wife’s bank accounts through multiple mode of online banking from employees of various establishments in lieu of their claim settlement.
It is alleged that Rs 1.77 lakh were credited in his and his wife’s accounts by 13 employees of Jet Airways which has stopped operations.
Subject: CBI Books EPFO Official, 13 Ex-employees of Jet Airways in PF Claims Fraud Case
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CBI Books EPFO Official, 13 Ex-employees of Jet Airways in PF Claims Fraud Case
Source: PTI
New Delhi, India
The case was handed over to the CBI after a probe by the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) vigilance found alleged fraudulent activities of Machindra Jagannath Bamne, senior social security assistant posted at accounts section of its regional office in Kandivali(E).
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The CBI bas booked a Mumbai-based officer of EPFO and 13 former employees of grounded airline Jet Airways who had paid bribes to him to settle their provident fund claims, officials said Thursday.
The case was handed over to the CBI after a probe by the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) vigilance found alleged fraudulent activities of Machindra Jagannath Bamne, senior social security assistant posted at accounts section of its regional office in Kandivali(E).
It emerged that Bamne received illegal gratification in his as well as his wife’s bank accounts through multiple mode of online banking from employees of various establishments in lieu of their claim settlement. It is alleged that Rs 1.77 lakh were credited in his and his wife’s accounts by 13 employees of Jet Airways which has stopped operations.
“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 PF claims were settled by Bamne,” the FIR alleged.
The CBI has filed a case against Bamne, his wife and 13 former employees of Jet Airways under criminal conspiracy and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the officials said.