Police have reported that a laptop, dozens of SIM cards, and a mobile phone were recovered from him.
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19-year-old Kramaik Upreti of Kirtipur Municipality-7 has been arrested on charges of misusing company documents to transact millions of rupees through 'e-service'.
Police say that he misused documents including the Permanent Account Number (PAN) issued by the Internal Revenue Department in the name of Wide-Space International Private Limited by an unauthorized person. The arrest was made based on a complaint that he had illegally opened an 'e-Seva Merchant Wallet' and an 'e-Seva Wallet' using such documents. Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office spokesperson and Superintendent of Police Kaji Kumar Acharya informed.
Similarly, during the initial investigation into the complaint, it was revealed that he had made transactions worth Rs 5,633,603.76 from the e-Seva Merchant ID 2222020018217527 and Rs 5,631,603.76 from the e-Seva Wallet.
Police also say that he had made illegal transactions worth more than Rs 1.2 million for betting and other purposes. Police have also seized one laptop, two mobile phones of different models, 16 Ncell SIM cards, three Namaste SIM cards, one smart SIM card, one pen drive and one memory card from him.
The arrested Upreti has been sent to the District Police Complex Bhadrakali for necessary investigation and action on banking and betting offences, said Spokesperson Acharya.
