The scam was unearthed in February 2008 after the then Ghaziabad special CBI judge Rama Jain registered an FIR in this regard, he said.
The Supreme Court had then directed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the scam.
On the direction of apex court, the agency began probe in the case in October 2008 and in July 2010, it filed a chargesheet in this connection.
“CBI named 71 persons, including six retired district judges of Ghaziabad, 35 court employees, in its chargesheet. On Tuesday, one of accused Rambabu Verma, who served jail for around five and a half years, confessed to his involvement before the special CBI judge Dr A K Singh, who later passed an order to release him,” CBI public prosecutor B K Singh said.
Singh also said that these 71 accused were beneficiaries of crores of rupees allegedly withdrawn from the PF account of fourth-grade employees in Ghaziabad district court.
