Surat: Eight persons including an accountant of a firm were booked on allegations of cheating of Rs 2.8 crore by fraudulently transferring money from company’ bank account into their own.
Rajesh Dholakia, 36, a resident of River Vint Apartment in Piplod area and engaged in construction, diamond and textile business in the city lodged a cheating complaint with Sarthana police against nine persons.
In his plaint, Dholakia named Haresh Vaishnav, Vilash Patel, Bhargav Navadia, Bhagyashree Navdia, Govind Navadia, Dhruv Savani, Mansukh Padmani, Dinesh Rakholia and Babu Vachhani who were booked under various sections of Indian Penal Code including criminal breach of trust, criminal conspiracy, forgery using fake documents, criminal breach of trust by clerk for purpose of cheating.
Dholakia’s stated that Haresh Vaishnav, who has been working with his firms as an accountant for the last 14 years, fraudulently transferred Rs 1.14 crore from his company’s bank account to his personal account.
Furthermore, Vaishnav fraudulently transferred Rs 1.65 crore from H K Hub Diamond LLP’s bank account to his and his accomplice’s bank accounts by making fake receipts, forged signs and fake cheque numbers.
In his FIR, Dholakia, a native of Dudhala village in Lathi taluka of Amreli district, alleged, “Vaishnav has been associated with our various firms as an accountant and we put our total faith in him. However, he and his associates forged signs and documents and transferred money for our various firms’ bank accounts to their bank accounts.”