Fake degree certificate case of Techno Global varsity reported in 2013
ED recently attached Rs 1.91 crore
Shillong, June 11:The case related to two accused in awarding fake certificates in the name of Techno Global University dates back to 2013.
According to sources, in June 2013, the police had received a written complaint at Mawlai police station from Dr Sankar Mukhopadhyay, Honourary Chancellor that some people are using certificates of the university, Shillong for various purposes but the fact was that the university did not even start its classes in Shillong
Besides, there were many websites using the logo of the university which looked similar but actually it was different.
Similar complaints were also lodged in different parts of the country, including West Bengal, Bihar and Assam by the university. The website of the university is www techno globaluniversity.com but many web sites like technoglobaluniversity.org ,techno global universitys.com and others were created to cheat students and for issuing fake certificates. The address has been shown in Kenche’s Trace, Shillong but it was found to be fake.
Based on the complaint, a case was registered at Mawlai police station and a team lead by Inspector BK Mishra and Inspector DB Lamare was formed to investigate into the matter.
On March 2, 2015, the team arrested Sanjeev Kumar ( in picture) and his wife Puja Srivastava from Shivpuri Ramchandra enclave Block A flat no 201 under Shastrinagar police station, Patna and recovered fake certificates of many universities, seized huge amount of money, many computer devices and others used for printing fake mark sheets.
The university is not functioning here though there is an office in Mawlai Mawiong which was found to be locked.
The Directorate of Enforcement recently provisionally attached assets worth Rs.1.91
crore of Sanjeev, Puja and others, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in the fake degree certificate case.
The attached assets are in the form of balance in bank accounts,
fixed deposits, mutual funds and immovable properties, an official statement said.
ED initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of FIR and charge-
sheet filed by the Meghalaya police against Sanjeev, his wife, Puja and
others for defrauding thousands of students by giving them fake degree certificates in return of money. The accused had opened bank accounts in Delhi in the name of“Techno Global University” and collected funds in those accounts and also in their personal accounts in lieu of fake certificates and had no connections with the real Techno Global University, Shillong.
Money laundering investigation has revealed that after selling the fake degrees,the funds received in their bank accounts, were diverted after rotating among bank accounts in various banks and invested in mutual funds, fixed deposits, and immovable properties and given the colour of genuine transactions.
The total proceeds of the crime are around Rs. 2.65 crore, out of which the
ED has attached properties worth Rs.1.91 crore, the statement added.