PUNE: A former accounts executive with a travel agency has been booked by the Koregaon Park police on the charge of cheating, after the owner of the company where he worked, a 66-year-old woman, lodged a complaint accusing him of misappropriation of funds worth Rs24 lakh.
The ex-employee collected the amount from clients and misused it instead of depositing the money into the company’s account, she alleged.
The man has been booked under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A police officer associated with the investigation told TOI that the travel agency’s office is located in Koregaon Park. The former accounts executive, who is a resident of Pimpri, worked with the firm between February 2019 and March 2021.
The police officer said, “During his tenure with the company, the accounts executive had collected booking amounts in cash from air travellers as well as clients using other modes of travel. Instead of depositing these amounts in the agency’s bank account, he misused the same.”
The fraud came to light after an audit was conducted. The case has been registered against the executive on Friday, the police officer added.
