The tech expert your company has just hired might not be all that his papers make him out to be. Setting off alarm bells for IT companies, the Central Crime Branch police on Tuesday blew the lid off a fake job certificate racket and arrested around 20 persons. Police say those arrested sold fake experience certificates to job aspirants, helping them secure well-paid jobs in IT companies across the country and even abroad.

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Police commissioner M N Reddi said the accused are suspected to have helped more than 25,000 job aspirants land jobs in various IT and other companies using fake documents.Following an email tip-off about the racket a week ago, a police constable attached to the CCB was sent as a decoy to Tanangi Informatics Consultancy Services located at ninth block, Jayanagar.The constable confirmed that some dubious activities were going on at the place. Subsequently, a special team, including several senior police officials, conducted simultaneous raids on seven premises and seized documents relating to experience certificates of various fake, but registered, companies. The accused were not only providing fake, but also helped candidates get other required credentials likeetc.The key members of the racket have been identified as Kiran Kumar, 35. Others arrested include Rangaraju, 35, Sheikh Altaj Ahmed, 39 and Balraj, 29. Deputy commissioner of police, Abhishek Goyal said, all the accused are from Andhra Pradesh. Police said the racket had been an easy way to big bucks for the accused. Though they were in lowly jobs just a few years ago, all of them owned Skoda cars now.Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) Hemanth Nimbalkar said the accused used to charge between Rs 15,000 and Rs 30,000 per certificate. They had been operating for the past three years. The racket is so well organised that the accused had even roped in a call centre () employee who would give positive feedback about the candidate, M N Reddi said.“The companies have been registered with the Registrar of Companies (RoC), but they are not operating. These ROCs were taken only for issuing fake experience certificates. The accused had thousands of identity cards, access cards, work experience certificates and, in a few cases, fake education certificates too. All the accused are graduates,” Reddi said.Explaining their modus operandi Nimbalkar said they had found several fixed phones lines. These were used to verify the credentials of job aspirants whenever any prospective employer called. “More than 25,000 job aspirants have got jobs in reputed companies using the fake documents. It is a pan-India phenomenon.We are checking the antecedents of those who got employed with fake documents,” he said. Video clippings of the raid displayed by the police showed companies like Cionix, E-Beam, Tarangi Infomatic Consultancy Service and many others. Besides the rented hotel room in 9th block, a fake company was unearthed on 100-feet Ring Road in first stage, BTM Layout, and another in Bank Colony, first stage, BTM Layout, besides one from third phase, JP Nagar, and yet another from seventh phase, JP Nagar.