Surat: The scam of making fake government identity documents busted by Surat polices economic offences wing (EOW) has led to one more complaint as 22 people were booked for cheating a private bank of Rs 65 lakh.According to the complaint lodged by the bank official Dharmendra Singh Thakur, the banks executive Mehul Vaidhya conspired with 21 other accused who took loans from the bank using fake documents like Aadhar cards, PAN cards, election cards, and salary slips. Vaidhya along with a loan applicant and prime accused Prince Patel plotted siphoning off the funds. When the bank checked, none of the applicants were found at the addresses mentioned in the documents. Police have booked 22 persons including Prince Patel, Rakesh Yadav, Uttam Kumar, Sanjay Ramchandra, Kalavati Gupta, Divakar Harisingh, Manish Rao, Navleshkumar, Vishal Gohel, Anishkumar, Vijay Bedi, Gaurav Kumar Singh, Durgesh Rao, Rakesh Gupta, Vijendra Kushwaha, Ravi Rajendrasingh, Dhiraj Pande, Rajanram, Ram Swaroop, Mukesh Kumar. EOW assistant police commissioner VK Parmar told TOI: This complaint follows the fake document scam in which more than two lakh documents have been issued by the gang. Earlier, a complaint of Rs 92 lakh cheating with another private bank was lodged, which helped us bust the scam.We also published the following articles recentlyTwo gangs forging docus to get bank loans bustedTwo gangs involved in securing fraudulent home and business loans through forged documents have been busted in Hyderabad. The Special Operations Team and the local police arrested 18 individuals suspected of working with bank officials to obtain loans worth around 10 crore since 2015. The gangs used fake rubber stamps, certificates, and documents from government departments to secure loans. The accused charged fees and commissions for their services. The investigation is ongoing, and authorities have so far identified only a few of the customers who obtained loans through these fraudulent means.EOW sniffs bigger scam in loan fraud case against MLAThe economic offences wing (EOW) in Bhubaneswar has uncovered a big loan fraud scam involving BJD MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and a media house HR head. The investigation revealed that over 350 employees were coerced into taking fraudulent loans using forged and inflated salary certificates. There was a mismatch between actual salaries and the salary slips submitted. The media house denies the charges, while the BJD party stated that Patnaik should face the probe. The EOW also plans to question Bollywood actor Govinda in connection with a pan-India online ponzi scam probe.ED demands additional documents from Nusrat Jahan in flat selling scamThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) has requested additional documents from Nusrat Jahan regarding her involvement with a financial firm accused of swindling money from elderly individuals. Jahan, a former director of the implicated company, submitted documents detailing her professional relationship but the ED claims they are insufficient. Jahan has yet to comment on the request. The financial institution is being investigated for collecting funds from senior citizens with the promise of affordable residential flats, but instead using the money for personal residential projects. Jahan denies the allegations and states that she settled her loan debt with the company in 2017.

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