Rajasthan, Telangana And Uttar Pradesh Registered Maximum Cases Counterfeiting, Forgery And Fraud

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Rajasthan, Telangana And Uttar Pradesh Registered Maximum Cases Counterfeiting, Forgery And Fraud

Against the national average of 54.5 per cent chargesheet in economic offence cases in 2023, Rajasthan registered only 14.6 per cent chargesheet.

New Delhi: Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh registered the maximum number of counterfeiting as well as forgery and fraud cases in 2023, revealed the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Ironically, the year also witnessed an increase of 6.0 per cent of such cases from 1,93,385 in 2022 to 2,04,973 cases in 2023.

Out of three specified categories of economic offences, including criminal breach of trust, FCF (forgery, cheating & fraud) and counterfeiting, FCF accounted for the maximum of 1,81