Tuesday, August 22, 2017

पॅनकार्ड क्लबवर अखेर गुन्हा

नाशिकसह राज्यभरातील २५ लाख गुंतवणूकदारांकडून तब्बल तीन हजार १०० कोटी रुपये जमा करणाऱ्या आणि गुंतवणुकीवरील आकर्षक परताव्यासह तारांकित हॉटेलमधील खान-पानसह निवासाचीही सुविधा देणाऱ्या ‘पॅनकार्ड क्लब’वर पंचवटी पोलिस स्टेशनमध्ये अखेर गुन्हा दाखल झाला. या कंपनीच्या गैरकामामुळे २०१४मध्ये सेबीने निर्बंध टाकले होते.

पॅनकार्ड क्लब लिमिटेड कंपनी, सुधीर शंकर मोरावेकर, शोभा रत्नाकर बर्डे, उषा अरुण तारी, मनीश कालीदास गांधी, चंद्रसेन गणपतराव भिसे, रामचंद्र रामकृष्ण (सर्व रा. मुंबई) आणि कंपनीचे नाशिक शाखाधिकारी विक्रम अरिंगळे व एजंट बापूराव त्रंबक इंगळे अशी गुन्हा गुन्हा दाखल झालेल्या संशयित आरोपींची नावे आहेत. या प्रकरणी गणेश बाबुराव पवार (५२, रा. राणाप्रताप चौक, सिडको) यांनी फिर्याद दिली आहे. पवार यांनी पंचवटी पोलिस स्टेशनमध्ये दिलेल्या फिर्यादीनुसार, वरील संशयितांनी विविध योजनांचे आमिष दाखवल्याने त्यांनी कंपनीकडे ५० हजार ४०० रुपये गुंतवले. मात्र, मुदत संपल्यानंतरही पैसे परत मिळाले नाही. पंचवटी पोलिसांनी फसवणुकीसह कपंनी कायदा कलम २०१३ च्या ३६, ३७, ७४, ७५ प्रमाणे गुन्हा दाखल केला आहे. घटनेचा अधिक तपास पीएसआय एम. एम. शेख करीत आहेत.

सेबीकडून निर्बंध कायम
मुंबईस्थित पॅनकार्ड क्लब कंपनीने समूह गुंतवणूक योजनेंतर्गत विविध योजना राबविल्यात. एजंटाचे मजबूत जाळे तयार करून गुंतवणुकदारांना विविध आमिष दाखवण्यात आले. सहा वर्षे आणि नऊ वर्षांच्या गुंतवणुकीनंतर मोठा परतावा देण्याचे आमिष कंपनीने दाखवले. एवढेच नव्हे तर कंपनीच्या व्यवसाय भागीदार असलेल्या हॉटेलमध्ये वर्षांतून एकदा चार रात्रीसाठी निवास मोफत मिळते, असे भासवण्यात आले. गुंतवणुकदारांचा मोफत मेडिक्लेम असल्याचे दाखवण्यात आल्याने राज्यभरात २५ लाख गुंतवणुकदारांनी कंपनीकडे पैसे गुंतवले. मात्र गुंतवणूक व त्यावर परतावा तसेच अन्य भेट अशा कोणत्याही व्यवहारासाठी सेबीने परवानगी दिलेली नाही, असे स्पष्ट करत २०१४ मध्ये कंपनीवर सेबीने निर्बंध घातले.

ग्रामीण गुंतवणूकदार अधिक
पॅनकार्ड क्लबच्या अन्य सात योजनांमध्ये नव्याने गुंतवणूक करण्यावरही ‘सेबी’कडून मर्यादा घालण्यात आली. यानंतर, कंपनीचे सर्व व्यवहार गोत्यात आले. २०१२ मध्ये पैसे गुंतवलेल्या गुंतवणुकदारांना परतावा मिळत नसल्याने ठिकठिकाणी आंदोलने झाली. नाशिकमध्ये भव्य मोर्चा काढून कंपनीविरोधात गुन्हा दाखल करण्याची मागणी केली होती. नाशिक शहराच्या तुलनेत ग्रामीण भागात गुंतवणुकदारांची संख्या मोठी असल्याचे पोलिसांनी सांगितले.

Jeeo India Online investment fraud, Kalambolli

17 persons running MLM business held for fraud


Thane, Aug 20 (PTI) The crime branch of Navi Mumbai Police has claimed to have busted a multi-level marketing (MLM) online business racket and arrested 17 persons.
According to the Navi Mumbai police, the accused ran the scheme under the name of JeeoIndia and assured clients of high returns within few days of investment.
As many as 17 persons, including a key promoter, Sudhir Patil, have been arrested during a raid conducted by police at a hotel in Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai on August 18 while the firm was having a function, Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner, Hemant Nagrale said in a release today.
Prima facie, it was found that the organisers lured investors by promising returns as high as 1 per cent per day on their investments.
The promoters also marketed the multi-level marketing scheme to generate more response by giving commission to the agents, the release said.
An offence has been lodged under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust), rw 34 (common intention).
The accused have been also booked under relevant sections of Prize Cheats and Money Circulation (Banning) Act, Information Technology Act, and Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors Act.
Further investigation is being carried out by the Economic Offences Wing of Navi Mumbai Police. PTI COR ARS

Police raid seminar in Kalamboli hotel, bust Ponzi scam; 17 arrested

Multi-level marketing scheme promising 1% return per day already has nearly 1,000 investors: police

Mumbai: A multi-level marketing (MLM) scam has been unearthed in Navi Mumbai with the arrest of 17 people on Saturday during a raid on a hotel in Kalamboli. The scam comes close on the heels of the One Coin racket, and points to Navi Mumbai being a preferred city for racketeers.

Police said the racket, operating under the name JeeoIndia, is suspected to have lured close to 1,000 people into investing amounts ranging from ₹10,000 to ₹26 lakh. They added the raid had been carried out based on a tip-off by the Navi Mumbai Police Crime Branch on a seminar organised by the accused.

The raid was conducted by all three Crime Branch units and the Central Unit, led by DCP (Crime Branch) Tushar Doshi and the ACP (Crime Branch). Before conducting the raid, police had made a sketch of the hotel and noted the location of the seminar hall and the number of doors. First, all hall doors were sealed. Then, police announced the raid over the PA system when the seminar ended.

Navi Mumbai Commissioner of Police Hemant Nagrale said, “In the raid, 17 accused including one of the main promoters, Sudhir Patil, have been arrested. The promotional material of the scheme including two laptops have been seized in the raid. Prima facie it is revealed that the organisers lured investors by promising returns as high as 1% per day on their investment. The promoters also marketed the MLM scheme to generate more response by offering commission to the agents. We would like to appeal to public to not invest in such ponzi schemes and also come forward and contact the police if anyone has been cheated by this scheme.”

Police said the accused have been arrested under IPC sections 420, 406 ,34 along with relevant sections of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation (Banning) Act, Information Technology Act and Maharashtra Protection Of Interests Of Depositors Act. The FIR has been registered at Kalamboli police station, and the Navi Mumbai Police Economic Offences Wing (Unit II) is investigating.

Multi-level con job

Around 150 people were in attendance at the seminar raided by the police on Saturday, among whom around 60 had already invested in the scheme. DCP (Crime Branch) Tushar Doshi said the accused have held six seminars since March in Kalamboli. “There could be 1,000 to 1,200 investors in this scheme, but we need to verify this. It’s too early to get a complete picture of the number of people and bank accounts involved. The person who organised the seminar, Sudhir Patil, has been arrested. Another arrested accused, Sudhir Mohite, is a motivational speaker and was exhorting people to join the scheme at the seminar.”

Explaining the scam, Mr. Doshi said when an individual shows interest in the scheme, he is given ‘packages’ starting at ₹10,000 and without upper limits. The investor has to pay 20% of the package value upfront in cash. Later, he said, the investor is given a login name and password to access the website used for the scam. “On the website, they get details of the amount to be deposited and the relevant account details. When a new person joins the scheme, a part of the money invested by him or her is given as ‘returns’ to the previous investor, and the chain goes on. The investors don’t realise that they are victims, as they continue to believe they’ll get returns. In such cases, the fraud does not come to light till the scheme collapses. Our action will prevent any further investment in this scheme.

A Crime Branch officer said some investors had started getting returns, as in such schemes it’s necessary for the conmen to do so in the beginning to win people’s trust. The website is down since the raid, he added.

“We have received police custody of all accused till August 23, and more details of the ponzi scheme will be uncovered in the course of investigations,” Mr. Doshi said.


As many as 17 persons running MLM business held for fraud in Navi Mumbai

As many as 17 persons, including a key promoter, Sudhir Patil, have been arrested during a raid conducted by police at a hotel in Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai on August 18 while the firm was having a function, Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner, Hemant Nagrale said in a release.

The crime branch of Navi Mumbai Police has claimed to have busted a multi-level marketing (MLM) online business racket and arrested 17 persons. According to the Navi Mumbai police, the accused ran the scheme under the name of ‘JeeoIndia’ and assured clients of high returns within few days of investment.
As many as 17 persons, including a key promoter, Sudhir Patil, have been arrested during a raid conducted by police at a hotel in Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai on August 18 while the firm was having a function, Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner, Hemant Nagrale said in a release.
Prima facie, it was found that the organisers lured investors by promising returns as high as 1 per cent per day on their investments. The promoters also marketed the multi-level marketing scheme to generate more response by giving commission to the agents, the release said.
An offence has been lodged under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust), rw 34 (common intention). The accused have been also booked under relevant sections of Prize Cheats and Money Circulation (Banning) Act, Information Technology Act, and Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors Act.
Further investigation is being carried out by the Economic Offences Wing of Navi Mumbai Police.

Saturday, August 19, 2017

Chinese scam suspects took over 11-storey block in Cambodia

No sooner had the 11-storey apartment building in Phnom Penh's affluent Tuol Kouk district been finished than dozens of young Chinese men and women moved in loaded with desks and laptops, said neighbours.

"I thought they were moving an office in," said Eng Somnang, 20, who owns a noodle soup shop directly opposite and watched them arrive early this month.

Police in the Cambodian capital accuse them of doing exactly that: setting up a criminal call centre with more than 200 Chinese nationals to carry out a telephone and internet scam on victims in China.

Police raided the building on Wednesday to stop what they said was the latest operation of a type that has duped people out of billions of dollars - with scammers operating from countries that have good internet access and relaxed visa rules.

From a balcony of the building in Phnom Penh, some of the suspects told Reuters they had not been given food and police were not allowing them to leave.

One of the suspects, Fang, 30, from China, said she came to Cambodia on a tourist visa. She said there were more than 200 people inside the building but declined to answer questions about what they had been doing there.

Police said they had arrested 225 Chinese nationals, 25 of them women, on suspicion of using internet voice calls for an extortion scheme. They will be sent to China to face justice, police investigators said.

Since 2011, Cambodia has deported 800 people from mainland China and Taiwan, arrested on suspicion of telecoms scams.

Neighbours in Tuol Kouk, dotted with large villas, described the occupants of the building as quiet. They said it had been rented out to tenants for $25,000 a month. The owner was not available to comment.

WARY

The occupants kept to themselves, venturing out only at night to get food, neighbours said.

"They were mostly men, some women. Maybe 20, 23 years old. Young," said Eng Somnang. "When people delivered food to them they were not allowed inside."

In the past, Chinese fraud suspects have often entered Cambodia on tourist visas, said Uk Haisela, chief of investigation at Cambodia's immigration department.

The victims of the scammers were often civil servants and retired officials from mainland China, he said.

One of the suspected telephone fraudsters who Uk Haisela interrogated said he made up to $70,000 per week.

Uk Haisela said victims ere sometimes blackmailed and the suspects used Cambodia because it was easy to stay in the country and internet speeds were fast.

Cambodia was able to track the gangs with help from China, he said.

"China sends IP addresses to us ... Once we make arrests, we report to the Chinese embassy," Uk Haisela told Reuters.

China's Foreign Ministry said there had always been close cooperation with Cambodia.

"China appreciates Cambodia's cooperation with China on jointly cracking down on telecoms fraud and other cross-border crime," it said in a statement.

The scams have become a headache for both China and Taiwan, bringing cooperation between them, but also objections from Taiwan because of the deportation of suspects from the self-ruled island to face trial on the mainland.

Suspected scammers have been arrested elsewhere in Asia and Asia.

This month, 77 Chinese fraud suspects were sent to China from Fiji. More than 150 were detained in Indonesia over a scam that police said had netted about $450 million.

Scammers choose countries where they think law enforcement is weak and governments are unlikely to see them as a priority, said Lennon Chang, a criminologist and expert in telecoms fraud at Monash University in Melbourne.

"We might be able to call them criminal nomads," he told Reuters, saying they moved every couple of weeks.

The fraudsters sometimes posed as officials and tricked people into disclosing bank account details, he said.

"The leaders are not easy to discover. All are young kids. Even if the crime syndicates are discovered and dissolved, the leaders will be able to start a new group in a short period of time."

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