A ex-administrator was booked for cheating Palghar housing society of Rs 10 lakh. A case has been registered against a man for allegedly cheating a housing society in Maharashtra's Palghar district of Rs 10 lakh during his tenure as its administrator, police said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI.

The accused allegedly submitted a fake degree of Delhi University to the divisional deputy registrar of cooperative societies in Navi Mumbai, based on which he secured the position of the administrator of a Palghar housing society in Vasai area, as per the First Information Report (FIR) registered at Achole police station, reported PTI.