Accountant cheats employers of Rs93 lakh

Satellite police on Monday received a case of cheating in which an accountant of a company had allegedly siphoned off Rs41 lakh of the company's money in the last six months. The accountant is said to have forged a bank account in the name of the company to encash the signed cheques he allegedly stole.

Ritesh Sharaf, a resident of Someshwar Bungalows near Shyamal crossroads lodged an FIR with Satellite police station stating that one Vimal Sharma, resident of Vasna, had stopped coming to office since Friday last week. Sharma who was working with Sharaf Dyechem Industry as an accountant allegedly stole six to seven signed cheque books worth Rs93 lakh from his employers.

According to police, since Sharma was dealing with the company's banking related works, he had opened a bank account in company's name by forging documents. Cops said that Sharma used the account to withdraw money using the cheques he reportedly stole.

Police said that in the last six months Sharma had siphoned off Rs41 lakh by using this modus operandi and stopped coming to office since last Friday. When the company officials discovered the fraud, they lodged an FIR with the cops.