Man allegedly stayed at 5-star Indian hotel for nearly 2 years without paying

NY Post ^ | 06/23/2023 | Yaron Steinbuch

[ChicagoConservative27]

A man walked into a five-star Indian hotel and booked a room for one night – then extended his stay by almost two years and allegedly skipped his roughly $70,700 bill when he left.

Accused fraudster Ankush Dutta booked a room for a single night at the swanky Roseate House hotel in Delhi on May 30, 2019, but stayed an extra 603 nights and left on Jan. 22, 2021, The Indian Express reported, citing a police complaint.

He allegedly left behind unpaid bills amounting to 5.8 million Indian rupees, or over $70,700, the newspaper reported.

Management accused the staff of helping Dutta turn Roseate House into a freebie extended-stay hotel.

[albie]

We stay at a 3 star (maybe) resort every year in Maine at about $250 per night. No food.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

One of the hotel staffers was identified as Prem Prakash, a front desk manager, who is suspected of criminal conspiracy, forgery and cheating, according to the news outlet, which cited police. The manager allegedly used his credentials to log into the system and change the data.

If one manager can cover this up for two years without anyone else noticing or without it being uncovered by an audit, the hotel has a really crappy system of internal controls.

[AnthonySoprano]

LOL

[FlingWingFlyer]

Good help is hard to find these days.

[alternatives?]

and you hope the people from Illinois are just passing through.

[Biblebelter]

Fakir Five Star

Probably barely a star.

[alternatives?]

“the hotel has a really crappy system of internal controls.”

That is odd because India is doing all of our programing.

[bigbob]

A five star in India IS a Motel Six!

[ronniesgal]

just ugh.

[ifinnegan]

“ Management accused the staff of helping Dutta turn Roseate House into a freebie extended-stay hotel.”

Yes, that’s the key.

[moovova]

Perfect.

[Robert DeLong]

Quite the conman.

[Fuzz]

Should probably look at pictures of the place before commenting.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Just think, he probably called the hotel from time to time to check on his bill and I have to wonder what language the cust. service rep spoke?

[dforest]

I was just joking bigbob, but I was being sarcastic as I usually am;)

[Wilderness Conservative]

I wonder how many car warranties, solar systems, and Medicare open enrollment plans he sold while he was there.

[dforest]

Yeah, they pass through because we don’t have those leftist gun laws. We carry and we will shoot ya. LOL /sarcasm.

[Seruzawa]

Don’t apologize. That was clever. Lol. SC

[rktman]

Thanks. I’ll be here all week. 😂👍

[simpson96]

The hotel didn’t care about payment, for over 600 nights?

Wow.