Mid Day ArchivesConman offers flats at 50%, makes millions2 Nigerians in net for online lottery fraudLawyer’s son duped by fake british diplomat five arrested and search is on for three more persons, a printing machine and 1.200 fake ID cards were recovered from the premise of franchise company at at Hosakerehalli? The High Grounds police busted a fake UID scam and nabbed five persons yesterday. The scam came to light when some UID card holders approached the head office on Race Course Road to check the authenticity of their cards. After Realising that their cards were fake, the police were informed of the scam. The police raided the premises of Global ID Solutions, Which is a franchise of the project, at Hosakerehalli in Banashankari and arrested the accused. However, a search is on for three others, who managed to escape. During the raid, a printing machine and fake ID cards were 1.200 recovered from the basement of the premises. Ashok Lenin, deputy director, regional office of the Aadhar project, informed that 10 persons from north Karnataka and Bangalore approached their office and complained about at Kanija Bhavan UID fake cards being issued by the company. “The cards being issued bore the logo Aadhar, Which they were not authorized to use since they was not registered officially with the UID project,” said Lenin. Shady business? He added, “The visiting delegation also complained that orally Global ID Solutions is sub-leasing to companies illegally by charging a non-refundable sum of Rs 2, 5 lakh per enrollment kit.” The police arrested Pranesh (34), Changa Raju (37), Shivananda Sharma (30), Poornananda (35), and Shankarsaravanan (32), and the three missing have been identified as Vinay Chawla, Anand and Karthik. Pranesh is suspected to be the kingpin in the scam and he has been remanded to three-day police custody, while the other have been sent to judicial custody. > > Aadhar unique identification project was initially conceived by the Planning Commission as to initiative that would Provide identification for each resident across the country. > > It would thus act as a tool for effective monitoring of various Programmes and schemes of the government. > > It’s a Rs 45.000 crore-project and is one of the most ambitious plan by the UPA government, headed by former Which is Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani.

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