A man in Mumbai has been accused of acting as a fake doctor for the last 30 years. The police stated in their chargesheet that they detected about ₹188 crore in questionable financial transactions across about 30 bank accounts linked to his various companies, trusts, and foundations.
The accused is identified as Dharmendrakumar Singh. He posed as a doctor and collected funds that were sourced from donations and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds. It was routed to unauthorized beneficiaries, including corporate employees, relatives, and trustees, with a substantial portion rapidly transferred out to secondary accounts.
According to reports, the accused man had studied only up to class 12 and had earlier worked as a helper at a hospital in Bihar.
In February 2025, he received the first instalment of Rs 38.25 lakh on a project worth Rs 3.82 crore. He allegedly got sanctioned for this project by Southeastern Coal Field Limited. The project was for tuberculosis screening of 50,000 people.
According to the investigators, it was found out during sample verification that 520 out of 543 records relating to the beneficiaries in Bilaspur were unverifiable. The samples were checked through Aadhaar cards, and most of them were unverified. Hence, it was alleged that the project's beneficiary data was made up.
According to the document, the accused utilised a network of multiple entities and trusts to run the operation, specifically naming Doctor 365 Health Services Private Limited and the R K HIV AIDS Research and Care Centre.
An initial analysis of one of the bank accounts that was associated with the research centre showed large deposits that were followed by substantial transfers to various other accounts within 72 hours or seven days.
The investigators also identified specific transactions which involved different payments, including salaries that were paid to employees of Doctor 365 from Charitable Trust’s accounts. The payments also included transactions in relation to the accused's relatives, trustees and other people in his relation.
In February 2026, the investigators also found a Rs 23.17 lakh CSR payment that was received from Central Mine Planning and Design Institute.
It was alleged that soon after receiving the payment, Rs 22.23 lakh from the CSR payment was transferred to a vehicle dealership to purchase new vehicles.
In July 2022, the crime branch conducted a search during which they seized 220 items, including medical equipment, identity cards, stamps, cheque books, hard drives, computers and several essential documents relating to the trust and the companies.
The crime branch also found certain medicines that were reportedly expired or counterfeited by the government.
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