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Shocker! Tax refunds being diverted to fake accounts

April 8, 2009

The CBDT spokesperson, however, declined to give details of the amount involved in the cheating or the number of persons adversely affected by this.

While officials maintained the modus operandi of those involved would be known after the police probe, sources said the data-entry operators diverted funds through cheques meant for I-T refunds in August last year.

Taxmen had themselves given these operators their user IDs and passwords, and the system was not hacked.

Image: The illuminated South Block and North Block in New Delhi. The North Block houses India's finance ministry. | Photograph: B Mathur/Reuters

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