Greater Noida, Nov. 20 -- A 33-year-old man who allegedly lived a life of deception -- as a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer and an army major - was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Greater Noida on Tuesday for running shell companies, laundering money and securing homes through a web of forged identities.

What startled investigators most was not the scale of the impersonation but the fact that even his wife, a judge in a neighbouring state, believed he was with the country's premier intelligence agency. She learnt the truth only when the STF contacted her on Tuesday, upon Kumar invoking her position during questioning.

According to investigators, the man, Sunit Kumar of Paramount Golf Foreste in Surajpu...