Lady Clerk in Mumbai Customs Convicted in 2 Crore refund fraud
THIS is a story of glamour, low salary, high living, fraud involving husband, family drivers and even a priest.
This lady Dona was a lowly clerk in Mumbai Customs, but her monthly expenses on drivers alone amounted to around Rs. 40,000/-. CBI got scent of her lavish living and raided her in 1998 for possessing assets disproportionate to her known sources of income. Then the fraud came out that she had issued 85 cheques as refund from the Customs totaling about Rs. 2 crores to her husband, relatives, friends and a priest.
Now, a CBI Court in Mumbai has sentenced her and another accused to five years in jail and 10 other accused to three years imprisonment. Her husband who was also an accused died recently and so the case against him abated.
Imagine 2 crore rupees sixteen years ago!