The cheats had promised him several overseas clients
The cheats had promised him several overseas clients
Rajesh Bhatia (name changed on request) thought time had come for his small call centre office at west Delhi's Uttamnagar to not be so small. Suddenly, calls were coming from the UK, Singapore with plum business offers, and pounds and dollars were crowding his dreams. Not for long.
Card trick: A photocopy of one of the accused's driving licence issued
by Maharashtra government.u00a0 Pic/mid day
Bhatia is one of the many entrepreneurs who have complained to the Delhi's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on being cheated by fake agents. He lost Rs 1.8 lakh. Besides, the jobs of about two dozen people earmarked for these overseas projects are in danger.
Delhi's BPO workers and entrepreneurs are suddenly dealing with fake agents who promise projects, squeeze money, and put small firms like Bhatia's under serious risk of shutting down.
Bhatia said, "This is a big cyber crime racket that is running in India. The person, who introduced himself as Balaji Subhash Bhandari, projected himself as a business consultant and asked for a business procurement fee for a UK project. Initially we paid Rs 1.80 lakh but later demanded for Rs 70,000 more. We said that we will pay him rest of the money once we get us the bank guarantee. Later he stopped taking our calls. Last call he made was from a Singapore number."
"The copy of application of letter of credit that he sent to us was a rejected one and that too was getting routed somewhere from Dubai. When we did some research it came to our notice that he is a con man. There are five to six other persons who have been cheated and the modus operandi has been the same," Bhatia added.
The UK Company from which they assure a project doesn't exist and everything is fraud.u00a0 "It's a totally bogus company. The VAT number that he provided to us is also of a different company based in south India. The number of the UK company is actually a Russian federation number."
A senior police official said, "We have got many complaints regarding this. These frauds are being carried out at the international level. We have collected a copy of all the documents."
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| In September this year, the Protector of Emigrants (PoE) raided the premises of Alliance International HR Solutions at Jafferkhanpet in Chennai and arrested one person for recruiting candidates for bogus jobs abroad. The accused used to place newspaper advertisements to help recruit over a hundred people for various posts in Singapore. However, he could not provide supporting documents to prove that the jobs really existed. In addition, he did not have a valid license for recruitment. Investigations into the bank transactions of the accused revealed that a large amount of money had been deposited in his account. |
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