Mumbai, July 31 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against two employees of Nokia Solutions & Networks India Pvt Ltd for their alleged involvement in a fraudulent withdrawal of approximately Rs 19.33 crore from the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).

The accused, identified as Vaibhav Verma (Payroll Cluster Lead) and Kamaraju Mutyala (Head of Payroll Management), along with unidentified public servants and private individuals, have been booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Prevention of Corruption Act, and the Information Technology Act.

The case pertains to the period between 2023 and 2024, when Nokia was in the process of surrendering its "exempted establish...