BENGALURU: City police arrested a 34-year-old man from Maharashtra on charges of duping several people of money on the pretext of getting them jobs in a top software company located at Manyata Tech Park.
The accused is Sanjeev Gangaram Ghurkha of Chinchwad, Pune. Preliminary investigation revealed that Gangaram had opened eight bank accounts to receive money from people who fell into his trap.
“The accused would place advertisements on social media and other platforms, claiming to be recruiting for the company. He sent call letters to applicants and conducted online interviews. Before offering a job, the accused would tell the victim s/he will have to work from home and make cash deposits towards laptop and other equipment,” deputy commissioner of police (northeast) Anoop Shetty said. “The investigation so far has revealed the accused cheated at least four persons. We found that he sent appointment letters to around 40 job aspirants. We will interact with these candidates to gather more details.”
The fraud came to light when candidates, holding fake appointment letters, met the HR manager of the tech company.
Later, the manager filed a complaint with Sampigehalli police, saying that an unidentified miscreant was using the fake logo and letterhead of their tech firm to cheat job aspirants. The complaint was filed on January 13. According to it, at least three job candidates had paid around Rs 1.5 lakh to the accused.
Accused used HR letters to create fake logo, letterhead
Investigation revealed Sanjeev had worked in the call centre unit of the same tech firm in Pune for a couple of years. “He recently quit the job and was well aware of the procedures followed in hiring candidates. He also had a few letters from the HR and created a fake logo and letterhead using those,” a source said.
