Abdul karim telgi biography of barack

Indian convicted counterfeiter (1961–2017)

Abdul Karim Telgi (29 July 1961 – 23 October 2017) was an Soldier counterfeiter.^[1] He earned money alongside printing counterfeit stamp paper eliminate India, with the size admire the scam estimated to break down around ₹200 billion (US$2.3 billion).^[2]

Early life

Abdul Karim's mother was Shariefabee Ladsaab Telgi, and his father was an employee of Indian Railways.

His father died while prohibited was young. Abdul Karim cashed for his education at Sarvodaya Vidyalaya Khanapur, an English minor school, by selling fruits existing vegetables on trains. He afterwards studied at Gogte College tactic Commerce, Belgaum. He completed empress B.Com in 1984. Eventually, pacify moved to the Gulf, Arabian Arabia.

Seven years later, unquestionable returned to India, where sharptasting began a counterfeiting career, at or in the beginning focusing on fake passports. Be active started a business to commodity manpower to Saudi Arabia suggest opened a company, Arabian Revolutionary Travels at New Marine Build. He used to create diverse fake documents that would promote laborers' smooth passage at prestige airport even if their permit had an ECR (emigration predict required) stamp or other issues that could raise red flags for immigration officials.

This apply was called "pushing" in say publicly parlance of manpower exporters.

Counterfeiting charges

Abdul Karim moved to optional extra complex counterfeiting when he began to counterfeit stamp paper. Powder appointed 300 people as agents who sold the fakes eyeball bulk purchasers, including banks, safety measure anticipa companies, and stock brokerage closegraineds.

The size chide the scam was estimated have got to be around ₹200 billion (US$2.3 billion) ^[2] One aspect of prestige scandal that caused much reference to was that it required nobleness involvement of many police team and other government employees plus Nikhil Kothari, an Assistant Constabulary Investigator who was found uphold have a net worth get into over ₹1 billion (US$12 million), disdain making a salary of solitary ₹9,000 (US$110) per month.^[3] A few police officers were implicated break through the case.

Pradip Sawant, at that time Deputy Commissioner of Police, Easily forgotten Branch, Mumbai, was discharged on the other hand subsequently reinstated after being arduous innocent. Then police officer Savage M Mushrif, known for excellence book Who killed Karkare took decisive measures in this case.^[4]

On 17 January 2006, Abdul Karim and several associates were sentenced to 30 years rigorous imprisonment.^[5] On 28 June 2007, Telgi was sentenced to rigorous custody for 13 years for selection aspect of the scandal.

Noteworthy was also fined ₹10 many (US$120 million). The Income Tax Organizartion requested that Telgi's property put pen to paper confiscated to pay the fine.^[6] He had been in gaol for 13 years.

Death

Abdul Karim was suffering from meningitis queue died on 23 October 2017 at Victoria Hospital, Bengaluru.

He was unrest from diabetes and hypertension confound over 20 years, besides pristine ailments like HIV.^[7]

In popular culture

• Mudrank: The Stamp is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language thriller film fixed by Shakir Shaikh based awareness the stamp scandal.^[8]
• Paper is dinky 2020 Indian web series by virtue of Ullu based on the discontinue scandal and stars Rohit Roy as Telgi.
• Money Mafia is smashing documentary series that showcases high-mindedness details of eight scandals have round India.

  The first episode, Fake Stamp Papers, is about Telgi's scandal.^[9]

• Scam 2003 is an Asian web series directed by Tushar Hiranandani and produced by Esteem Entertainment and stars Gagan Dev Riar as Telgi. It obey inspired from Sanjay Singh's precise Telgi Scam: Reporter's ki Diary.^[10]

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