Frauded many people by posing as Home Ministry and ED officials, arrested after cheating crores of rupees

Criminals start trembling on hearing the name of the Enforcement Directorate ie ED, but a criminal starts cheating people by becoming an officer of the ED. The agency arrested the man on charges of duping people by posing as ED and Home Ministry officials and under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

The investigating agency said on Thursday that the accused has been identified as Omveer Singh. Omveer was arrested on Wednesday and later produced before the PMLA court, which remanded him in ED custody till September 2.

The ED investigation will be based on the FIR lodged against Omvir Singh by Ahmedabad Police and Surat Police. According to ED, Omveer Singh falsely presented himself as a senior ED officer and on the pretext of getting the tender work citing contacts with senior officers, defrauded a coal businessman of Rs 1.50 crore.

Further disclosing another case, the ED said, "Accused Omveer Singh defrauded a Surat-based power company of more than Rs 2 crore by posing as an officer of the Financial Adviser and Auditor in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India."

ED's investigation revealed that Omveer Singh worked as a supervisor at a construction site till the year 2019 and had very limited sources of income. Only after this, did the accused Omveer start impersonating government officials and extorting money from innocent people by luring them with his words.

ED has said that Omveer used to go to different cities to cheat people and after going there he used to change his address and identity. Omveer Singh used the money obtained from fraud to live a luxurious life.