His family did not know about his business. Shetey is now under the scanner of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh police for fabricating and selling ‘cheat chips’ that rigged fuel stations, giving 300 ml fuel less for every 5 litre.Shetey, who was earlier arrested by the UP police is currently in the custody of Thane police till Saturday. "Shetey has sold thousands of chips all over India. Shetey was arrested for selling cheat chips to UP-based suspect, Ajay Chaurasia. Later, he would get calls from all over India to make these chips for new oil pumps,” said a source. 

He left that job five years ago and started making these chips.Shetey, who was earlier arrested by the UP police is currently in the custody of Thane police till Saturday. Example: If a customer sought one litre petrol, they ended up getting only 940 ml or less.”Shetey, was arrested from Dombivali. Earlier, he sold a chip for Rs 3,000 but then hiked the price to Rs 50,000. He would make one chip in three days. Mumbai: It is rather ironic that Vivek Shetey (43), an accused in the petrol pump cheat chips scam, worked in an oil company for four years creating hardware to detect and prevent manipulation of fuel dispensing machines. It gives command to the pulsar cards, a circuit, that they were attached to the petrol-dispensing machine. He got this idea when he was working with an oil company few years ago.Consequently, the three-digit code model was innovated. He did not employ anyone. 

Shetey, an electronic post-graduate, is accused of selling over 1,000 cheat chips to men associated with fuel stations in UP and Maharashtra,” said police sources. We will get details of other chips makers who are involve in it. He manufactured the chips at his home and office in Dombivali’s Nilje village. Initially, he approached petrol pump owners. He is an electronics post-graduate who manufactured the chips at his workshop and allegedly sold each chip for Rs 50,000 to accused in UP.. Once this code is entered, the machine dispenses less petrol. He has been doing this work for the past blown film extruders Suppliers few years. The cheat chips rigged fuel stations, giving 300ml fuel less for every 5 litre.Crime branch deputy commissioner of police Abhishek Trimukhe said, "We are interrogating him

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