The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has issued a SOP outlining a limited time frame for freezing accounts for verification purposes
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To identify potential cases of suspicious accounts or transactions, the EPFO will conduct multiple stages of verification
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The EPFO has set a maximum freezing period of 30 days for verification, which can be extended by up to 14 additional days
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"Freezing" refers to the disabling of the following operations for the specified categories
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"De-freezing" refers to the restoration of previously frozen operations once they are verified as genuine
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When a suspicious activity or transaction in an MID/UAN/Establishment is reported or detected, falling into Category B or C, it must be immediately reported to the OIC
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The ACC of the Zone, upon receiving credible information on suspicious transactions, will send written directions to the OIC to take necessary actions
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Upon receiving such information, the OIC should quickly assess and immediately get the MID/UAN/Establishment frozen
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The duration of the freeze should not exceed 30 days from the date of freezing