THRISSUR: The long arm of the law finally caught up with a 40-year-old woman who embezzled nearly Rs 20 crore since 2020 by diverting funds from the personal loan account of the company, where she had been working in a senior position for the last 18 years. Dhanya Mohan, an assistant general manager and tech lead at Manappuram Comptech and Consultants Ltd (Macom), the IT product and services arm of Valapad, Thrissur-based Manappuram Finance, was taken into custody on Friday evening from Kollam. When the fraud was detected on Tuesday, Dhanya, a resident of Nellimukku in Kollam, absconded fearing arrest.
She was arrested in Kollam on Friday evening and handed over to the cops from Valapad station, where a case was registered. The Valapad police reached Kollam on Thursday itself, anticipating that the accused might travel to her residence. Kodungallur DySP Salish N S said Dhanya made fake accounts and diverted funds as 'loans' from the company's digital personal loan account to her father and brother's accounts.
She has been diverting the money to fund her online rummy addiction, besides her purchases of property and houses, he said. The embezzlement came under the police lens when Macom lodged a complaint against Dhanya on July 23 (Tuesday) for swindling Rs 85 lakh from the company through fraudulent activities. Following a thorough analysis of the accounts, the company realised that it was just the tip of the iceberg, and the total fraud amounted to Rs 19.
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