Panchkula, June 2 -- A special judicial magistrate CBI court in Panchkula has sentenced two Haryana residents, Aditya Bhardwaj alias Bhanu from Kurukshetra and Deepak Jain alias DC of Gurugram, to two-and-a-half year imprisonment as they were found guilty in a fraud case registered by the Delhi CBI on September 27, 2016. The charges included cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and violations under the IT Act. The verdict followed a complaint filed by Mohammad Afsar Alam, then an inspector with the CBI in New Delhi. The court convicted Aditya Bhardwaj under Sections 120B, 419, 420 and 468 of the IPC, while Deepak Jain was found guilty under Sections 120-B, 420, 468 of IPC, and 66-D of the IT Act. Both were also levied fines of Rs.5,000 and Rs.20,000 respectively. According to the prosecution, the accused orchestrated a scheme to defraud Indian nationals residing or working in Singapore. They used spoofed calls, impersonating Singapore immigration authorities, to falsely accuse victims of providing incorrect information on airport disembarkation forms. Threatening criminal cases and deportation, they coerced victims into paying settlement fees or fines via Western Union money transfers, even demanding confidential money transfer control numbers to facilitate illicit withdrawals. A preliminary probe identified five such transactions wherein money from 3 Singapore-based victims was withdrawn in Kurukshetra, often using misused or forged IDs. Investigations revealed these transactions and others were processed through sub-agents of Reliance Money Express Limited. Aditya Bhardwaj's firm, M/s Guru Kripa Tours and Travels, was involved, with Bhardwaj and absconding accomplice Harnek Singh conspiring to misuse IDs and forge documents to withdraw funds from Western Union outlets....