Team Goemkarponn
CURCHOREM: In relation to a bank fraud case worth Rs 1.5 crore, the Curchorem police have filed a 164-page charge sheet against Tanvi Vast of Curchorem and Anand Jadhav, Branch Manager of the Central Bank of India’s Cacora branch.
Before Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Quepem, the charge sheet was presented. In a second case, Vast is still being held by the police on remand.
The charge sheet claims that Vast fraudulently moved money from clients’ accounts to her own without getting their permission, frequently focussing on elderly victims.
According to the police, she collaborated with Jadhav to take advantage of account customers’ confidence in order to access their savings.
The pair is suspected of planning fraudulent transfers and embezzlement of lakhs of rupees, with the entire scam allegedly reaching crores.
Elderly account users were allegedly the target of the fraudulent actions, and complaints regarding cash embezzlement and unauthorised transfers surfaced.
According to the authorities, the accused pair intentionally defrauded several people over a long period of time.
Police claim that on July 2, 2024, Tanvi called three people, Wodlemol Cacora, Anthony Dias, and Rosalina Correa, and urged them to deposit gold ornaments at the bank’s Curchorem branch.
Following her advice, Dias brought a number of priceless gold items to the bank, including two gold chains, a necklace, five bangles, two rings, and a pair of earrings, totalling about Rs. 25 lakh.
Tanvi allegedly substituted bogus ornaments for the real ones rather than securing them.
When disparities were found during an examination of the deposited items on September 18, 2024, the scam was exposed.
