New Delhi: A 66-year-old retired manager of Bank of Maharashtra has been sent to four years in jail in a corruption case by a special court, which termed him as the 'kingpin' of the fraud.

The court awarded the jail term to Vinay Kumar Jain after holding him guilty for various offences including criminal conspiracy, forgery, cheating, falsification of accounts, using as genuine forged documents under the IPC and abusing his official position by obtaining pecuniary advantage.