New Delhi: According to the Enforcement Directorate, a fraud scheme allegedly involving around Rs 200 crore of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds has been discovered. The operation has reportedly been carried out by a Class-12 dropout and an imposter doctor for nearly 30 years.
Dharmendra Kumar Chandradev Singh is accused of creating and managing charities funded by CSR donations from at least 40 public sector banks and companies.
The goal of the funds was to purchase medical supplies, provide hospital services, and fund social development projects. But ED officials suspect that a number of projects only partially exploited or didn’t use the funds at all.
The inquiry has discovered the prices of the services of contractors were allegedly inflated, extra funding was brought through dummy companies, and a certain amount of cash was allegedly given back to donors after extracting commissions from the operator and brokers.
As part of the investigation, the government is also looking into some top executives of enterprises and banks suspected of taking money in return for releasing funds.
The Enforcement Directorate's Mumbai Zonal Office-I, on October 1, 2026, carried out searches in eight locations in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat, and the Delhi-NCR area. The searches yielded Rs 21 lakh in cash that could not be accounted for, apart from documents and electronic devices.
The origin of this case lies in the FIR registered at the Juhu police station in Mumbai in connection with the identified crime, which involves allegations of cheating and forgery as well as violations of the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act and National Medical Commission Act. The Enforcement Directorate subsequently registered a money laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
As per the agency, the accused had studies limited to class 12 and does not have any acknowledged medical qualifications or recognition by a medical council.
There is a continued investigation being carried out to find out more beneficiaries, follow the money trail, and evaluate the role of trustees, CSR agents, intermediaries and officials associated with the organization.
