Embezzlement to the tune of Rs 214 million was detected in Mobilink accounts at three franchises in Islamabad and separate cases were registered against franchise owners and employees of the telecom company in Margalla Police of Capital City.
Senior Manager of Mobilink Islamabad Anwar Khan, registered three separate FIRs against Parvez Akhtar, Usman Qayyum, Yasir Ali, Nadeem Afzal, Ali Nawaz and Muhammad Jamshed stating that they have embezzled Rs 214 million from the company, said a police report on Saturday. Margalla Police confirmed that three cases were registered in the police station under section 408/35, but so far no arrest was made.
"No arrest has been made so far, however, police has carried out raids and all the nominated persons are on the run," Sub Inspector Shafiq Ahmed, Investigation Officer revealed to this scribe, adding that cases were registered against the accused for their alleged involvement in misappropriation of money and police raided their residences.
When this scribe contacted the senior manager of the telecom company, Anwar Khan, he declined to give any information regarding the scam. The public relations department of the company was also reluctant to talk to anyone on the matter.
The FIR no 398/11 was registered on the application of Anwar Khan, against Parvez Akhtar, Usman Qayyum, Yasir Ali and Nadeem Afzal for embezzlement of Rs 100 million, while FIR no 399/11 was registered against Ali Nawaz, Usman Qayyum and Yasir Ali for embezzlement of Rs 40.277 million and FIR no 400/11 was registered against Muhammad Jamshed, Usman Qayyum and Yasir Ali for embezzlement of 71.870 million. Three cases were registered and investigation commenced with Anwar Khan alleging that three franchise owners Parvez Akhtar, Ali Nawaz and Muhammad Jamshed had embezzled Rs 214 million in league with company employees by making wrong entries in the company accounts, the investigation officer said, adding that further investigation is in progress.