Mumbai Police Payroll Scam: ₹6.41 Crore Allegedly Diverted Through 10 ‘Ghost Employees’
Mumbai: A major payroll scam involving the alleged creation of 10 fictitious employees in the Mumbai Police salary system has come to light, with a suspected financial irregularity of ₹6.41 crore. Salaries were allegedly generated in the names of employees who did not actually exist in the police force, and the money was credited to bank accounts linked to them. The Mumbai Crime Branch arrested…
Mumbai Police have uncovered a payroll scam involving the creation of ten non-existent employees, resulting in a diversion of ₹6.41 crore. Former Administrative Officer Ramkishan Goswami was arrested on August 11, marking the first arrest in the case. The scam was discovered during a recent payroll system migration, when officials noticed discrepancies in employee records from the North Regional Division.
The fraud occurred in two phases: December 2019 to February 2020, and June to September 2020. The suspected fraudsters, including Goswami, Nagesh Talwadekar, Vijaya Chavan, Ajay Rathod, and Amol Meshram, are accused of creating fake Service IDs and DCPS IDs to create these non-existent employees in the payroll system. The exact role of each accused and potential beneficiaries remain under investigation.
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