The noose is tightening around the accused in the “Siemens case” of the AP State Skill Development Corporation which took place in the previous TDP government, with the CID arresting the couple, Vipin Kumar Sharma, chartered accountant, and his wife, Neelam Sharma. The couple was arrested in New Delhi and brought on transit warrant to Vijayawada, where the special court for SPE and ACB cases remanded them in judicial custody.
The case pertains to alleged siphoning off of funds during 2014-2019 by Siemens India Software Ltd and Digitech after getting the work order to set up centres of excellence for skill development training. In 2014-2015 , Suman Bose, MD of Siemens India Software Ltd, and Vikas Khanvilkar, MD, Design Tech, proposed that they would set up Centres of Excellence for Skill development training at a project cost of ₹3,300 crore, and added that 90% of the cost would be borne by the two companies.
The accused is alleged by the CID of purchasing shell companies with an intention to earn money easily by issuing bogus invoices in the names of three companies namely, InWeb Services Pvt. Ltd, ITSmith Solutions Pvt. Ltd., and Patrick Info Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, by nominating dummy directors for declaring to the Registrar of Companies. The accused allegedly received ₹8.5 crore and transmitted the received amount to the bank accounts of different companies after deducting ₹7.5 lakh as a commission for them.
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