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Chennai police fraud investigations

Overview

The Greater Chennai police’s Central Crime Branch arrested two men, Prathap and Arjunan, for their involvement in a 2009 LIC maturity cheque fraud. The suspects allegedly intercepted a cheque worth Rs 3,22,500, forged documents, and impersonated the policyholder to misappropriate funds. One suspect had been evading authorities for approximately 17 years until police matched a photograph to an Income Tax department document. Both individuals have been remanded in judicial custody.

Entities

Chennai · Central Crime Branch · Premkumar · Arjunan · Greater Chennai Police

Timeline

  1. about 3 hours ago

    [CRIME] 3 sources
    Chennai police arrest two men in 17-year-old LIC fraud case

    Chennai police arrested two men after 17 years for a 2009 fraud involving the interception and forgery of an LIC maturity cheque worth Rs 3.22 lakh.

  2. 20 days ago

    [CRIME] 4 sources
    Chennai police arrest duo for Rs 2.11 crore rental fraud

    Chennai police arrested two people for a Rs 2.11 crore fraud involving a fake property firm that rented 34 houses and illegally leased them to customers via online advertisements.

Sources

dtnext.in · hindutamil.in · newindianexpress.com · news18.com · vikatan.com