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The Enforcement Directorate connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) conducted searches crossed aggregate States successful transportation with a fake authorities occupation scam tally by an organised gang.
The searches are being carried retired astatine 15 locations successful Bihar’s Muzaffarpur and Motihari; West Bengal’s Kolkata; Ernakulam, Pandalam, Adoor, and Kodur successful Kerala; Chennai successful Tamil Nadu; Gujarat’s Rajkot; Gorakhpur, Prayagraj, and Lucknow successful Uttar Pradesh.
“While the scam was initially detected successful the sanction of Indian Railways, the probe revealed that it covers implicit 40 different authorities organisations and departments including Forest, Railway, Indian Post, Income Tax, High Court, Public Works Department, Bihar government, Delhi Development Authority, Rajasthan Secretariat, and others,” said an official.
The pack utilized fake email accounts impersonating authoritative authorities domains to nonstop fraudulent joining letters. To summation trust, the fraudsters made archetypal wage payments for 2 to 3 months to immoderate victims, who were placed successful assorted roles successful the Railways and different organisations.
