NEW DELHI: The crime branch is probing a case of fraud on the complaint of a leading group of companies stating that job aspirants, including mechanical engineers, were duped and issued offer letters on company letterheads for Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh each, a police officer said.

The email communications were sent from the ID of the company's HR manager and the crooks even conducted telephonic interviews from the company's landline at the reception. Not just that, the accused probably conducted the interviews at the company premises as well, police and company officials suspect.

Interestingly, the letter also contained terms and conditions of employment, designation, compensation, termination and confidentiality leaving no scope for the aspirant to doubt its veracity. The catch, however, was that the letter asked the candidate to report to an address which does not have an office of the company and the letterhead and signature has been forged.

A case of criminal conspiracy and cheating has been registered and cops suspect at least one person from the organization to have connived with the accused. Two of the accused have already been identified, a source said.

In his complaint to the police, the company's territory manager said that the matter came to their notice on May 31 when one Vikas from Ghaziabad visited the company's office with an 'offer letter' alleged to have been issued to him by the company.

"He informed us that he had telephonic interview with one Amit on May 15 from the telephone number 66505*** which happens to be our office reception landline number. He had received an offer letter on his email ID subsequent to the interview and had paid Rs one lakh," he said.

The email ID from which the applicant had received the fraudulent offer letter belonged to the company's zonal human resource manager for northern region. The cops have found that Amit made calls to applicants from a number 8285038***. Another accused whose last name, cops say, is Upadhyay is on police radar as he has been found to have visited the company's office in June this year.

Source : TOI