On August 4, 2017, when the government's cheque of 270 crores bounced, the district collector called the Chief Secretary, Anjani Kumar Singh.

Who then informed CM Nitish Kumar, and it revealed a scam worth 1000 to 2000 crores, which had been happening between 2003 and 2017.

The mastermind behind it was the founder of the NGO "Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti," Manorama Devi, who, with the help of government and bank officers, used to show fake cheques and fake signatures to siphon off money from government welfare scheme bank accounts into her NGO's account.

She would then lend this money to people from her cooperative society at an interest rate of 16%. Whenever the collector sent withdrawal requests, Manorama Devi's informants in Indian Bank and Bank of Baroda would alert her, after which the same amount would be transferred to the government's account, making it difficult to detect the scam.

However, the scam was exposed after Manorama Devi's death, as these transactions were no longer happening on time. Involved in this scam were Manorama Devi's son, Amit, and his wife, Rajni Priya, who had been hiding while changing identities for six years. Recently, the CBI arrested Rajni Priya.

This scam took place in Bhagalpur district of Bihar

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