{"id":38220,"date":"2015-07-01T11:20:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T11:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=38220"},"modified":"2015-07-01T11:20:45","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T11:20:45","slug":"12-convicted-in-epfo-fraud-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/12-convicted-in-epfo-fraud-case","title":{"rendered":"12 convicted in EPFO fraud case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37805\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37805\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/4-years-jail-to-24-year-old-youth-for-stabbing-man\/jail-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"281,180\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37805 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?resize=281%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"12 convicted in EPFO fraud case\" width=\"281\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">12 convicted in EPFO fraud case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Twelve persons, including five employees of the Employees\u00a0Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), were convicted by a special CBI court here for fraudulently settling 11 PF claims amounting to Rs 44,74,895 by forging documents.<\/p>\n<p>The court also imposed a total fine of Rs 50,70,000 on the accused.The sentence ranging from three years to maximum seven years was awarded by the Special CBI Judge, Manoj Kumar Shrivastava yesterday, a CBI release said.<\/p>\n<p>The sentence was awarded recently under sections 120-B, 419, 201, 420, 467, 471 and 477-A of the IPC and section 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Those convicted include EPFO employees Pratap Singh, Gajendra Singh Chouhan, C T Joseph, R D Paranjpe and Ramchander (retired) besides other private persons identified as Rajendra Singh Thakur, Manish Gaur, Rakesh Kaushal, Ravi Khandare, Manoj Chouhan, Balram Chauhan and Rajesh Kumawat.<\/p>\n<p>The case was registered by CBI on a the written complaint lodged by Manish Agnihotri, Regional Provident Fund Commissioner-II EPFO Sub Regional Office, Bhopal.<\/p>\n<p>The charge sheet in the case was filed on June 30, 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twelve persons, including five employees of the Employees\u00a0Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), were convicted by a special CBI court here for fraudulently settling 11 PF claims amounting to Rs 44,74,895 by forging documents. 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