Story -2023- Web Series — Scam 2003 The Telgi

Released in late 2023, shifts the focus from the chaotic trading floors of the Bombay Stock Exchange to a quiet, systemic vulnerability: stamp paper.

The series chronicles the rise and fall of Abdul Karim Telgi, a man who, between the late 1990s and early 2000s, orchestrated a scam worth an estimated ₹20,000+ crore. The premise is deceptively simple: Telgi and his network printed fake judicial and non-judicial stamp papers that were virtually indistinguishable from the real ones. These stamps were then sold across multiple states, defrauding banks, insurance companies, and the government itself. Scam 2003 The Telgi Story -2023- Web Series

The series, streaming on SonyLIV , follows the journey of Abdul Karim Telgi (played by ), a small-time fruit seller from Khanapur who possessed an uncanny knack for business and a hunger for "daring". The narrative explores how Telgi identified a massive loophole in the Indian bureaucracy: the immense demand and limited supply of official stamp papers. The Mechanics of the Scam Released in late 2023, shifts the focus from