A piece of news is giving the world, because as if it were a movie, a man managed to live for almost two years in a luxury hotel in India, leaving a debt of more than $60,000 dollars.
DW reported on the media case that has drawn international attention, since it is difficult to imagine that these types of frauds can occur at this point, even when technology is available to avoid this type of situation.
According to the information, the New Delhi police are on the trail of Ankush Dutta, a man who managed to stay for a long time in a five-star hotel in the Indian capital, and who disappeared without paying the bill and without leaving traces, more than a large lodging debt.
The particular guest checked in on May 30, 2019 for one night at one of the most luxurious hotels in New Delhi, and checked out on January 22, 2021, without paying a single bill, authorities reported this week.
The fraud was reported by the Roseate Hotel, which filed a lawsuit against the guest, the front desk manager, and others suspected of helping the fugitive to evade payments.
According to the Indian Express newspaper: “The hotel staff allegedly falsified, deleted, added and manipulated a large number of records in the said guest’s account in the hotel’s software system.”
In the 603 days that Ankush stayed at the hotel, he managed to get around some of the property’s policies with the help of Prem Prakash, who is the head of the Front Desk Department, and who had access to the computer system to monitor and change hotel rates. customers.
It is the hotel’s policy that if a guest’s unpaid charges of $610 are not settled within 72 hours, the CEO and CFO must be notified for instructions.
But the reception manager not only did not inform his superiors of Dutta’s non-payment, but also helped hide the debit balances.
It is unknown what tricks the defendant used to involve the hotel staff, but authorities assume that, with the help of other colleagues, Prakash helped move Dutta from one room to another and found ways to limit his stay to 308 days.
According to authorities, the employees created several false and fraudulent outstanding invoices to benefit Dutta in various ways, including removing room nights from his invoices, transferring his debits to other guests’ invoices, and incorporating his name into other guests’ settled invoices. , among other tricks.
As if that were not enough, Dutta also handed over fake checks to record payments for his stay that ranged from $8,500 to $12,000.
“The guest and staff resorted to various ways to avoid paying the bills. They owe more than $60,000 to the hotel. They erased entries, falsified reports, handed out counterfeit checks and documents, and cheated the hotel by misusing its electronic system,” New Delhi police said.
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