Mumbai:
The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has busted a large racket. The accused have bought a premium cars worth Rs 7.30 crore using fake Aadhaar card and PAN card. The accused used GST numbers of traders located outside the state, then made fake PAN cards and Aadhaar cards and examined the CIBIL score of those traders.
Using fake documents in the name of traders whose CIBIL scores were good, they bought cars from banks and then these cars were sold in other states by changing the engine number and chassis number. This gang used to sell cars to the residents of those states to use agents of Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh to sell cars.
Banks, traders and people who bought cars cheated. 1 BMW Open Top Convertible, 8 Fortuner SUVs and other cars have been recovered. The matter is being further investigated, because the accused involved in the racket are also accused of being active in car theft in various states.
Four of the arrested accused have a previous criminal record. 3 accused are from Mumbai and suburban areas, some are from Gujarat and MP and some are from Delhi. In the name of traders, the loan was taken using their GST number. But the accused used to put their pictures on the documents. So far 16 vehicles have been seized. The total number of seized cars can reach 35. A total of 7 accused have been arrested.