Senior EPFO official sentenced to 1 yr RI for cheating

An official of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation in Tirunelveli was today sentenced to one year imprisonment by a CBI court here for fraudulently transferring over Rs 22 lakh from EPFO account.
Special Judge for CBI Cases M M Krishnan also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on O Paramiah, a Senior Social Security Assistant, a CBI release said.
Based on information, the CBI had registered a case against Paramiah accusing him of having abused his official position and cheated EPFO by transferring Rs 22.83 lakh to accounts of 12 pensioners as 'pension arrears' for which they were not entitled.

Investigation revealed that Paramiah subsequently transferred the amount for his personal use by deceiving those pensioners and a chargesheet was filed against him under various sections of the IPC and PCA.
On completion of the trial, the accused was today convicted and sentenced to undergo one year rigorous imprisonment.