common PF pool

Employees at the Employees Provident Fund Organisation's Mumbai branch, fraudulently withdrew over ₹21 crore from a common PF pool from March 2020 to June 2021. The ongoing investigation revealed that Chandan Kumar Sinha, a clerk at Kandivali office, is believed to be behind the whole plan. He used 817 bank accounts of mostly migrant workers to claim ₹21.5 crores. Sinha who fled, is among five others who are currently suspended.