NEW DELHI — The CBI has filed five more chargesheets in Guwahati against 18
accused in separate cases of an online trading scam in Assam where thousands of
gullible investors were cheated by offering high returns on their deposits,
officials said Monday.
The Guwahati unit of the CBI has charged 16 private persons
and two companies Upepithets Holdings Pvt. Ltd (UHPL) and Brahmaputra Sanchay
and Biniyog Cooperative Society Ltd (BSBCSL).
In its chargesheet against Upepithets Holdings Pvt Ltd, the
CBI has alleged that its Director Hemen Rava and Manager Sankar Saha were
involved in orchestrating an illegal deposit scheme that solicited funds from
investors under false pretence.
"They used deceptive means, including notarised stamp
papers, to lure investors with the promise of guaranteed monthly returns of six
per cent and above. They cheated the investors and misappropriated the deposits
for their personal gains," the CBI Spokesperson said in a statement.
The charge sheet against Brahmaputra Sanchay and Biniyog
Cooperative Society Ltd also named its then chairmen Jiten Deka and Himangshu
Talukdar, Branch Manager Indrani Das, and Secretary Sanjib Deka.
The group ran an unregulated deposit scheme of Brahmaputra
Sanchay & Biniyog Cooperative Society.
The scheme "Grihalakshmi" allegedly lured with
promises of substantial returns such as bonus and interest of 15 per cent
annually without any viable business model that allured potential depositors to
deposit a large sum of their hard-earned money.
The third CBI charge sheet is filed against four private
persons namely Mainao Brahma, Dipankar Bhatta, Jyotisman Sarma and Sumit Barman
who allegedly entered into a conspiracy and were running an unregulated deposit
scheme with the intention to defraud the general public.
They allegedly diverted and misappropriated the deposits for
personal use and for purchasing landed properties, construction of buildings
and purchasing vehicles, etc.
The CBI filed the fourth chargesheet against Rishiraj Gogoi
and Joy Modak who were allegedly involved in running a stock trading business
in the guise of their Company "Go Millions LLP" formed for selling
various cosmetics and other products.
"They... made an arrangement to collect deposits from
general public by way of business through UPI and Bank Account and did not
deposit the amount in any regulated deposit scheme. All the accused are in
Judicial Custody," the CBI said in the statement.
The CBI also filed a chargesheet against Sankar Kumar
Biswas, Rofiqul Islam, Dinesh Ch. Ray and Niranjan Kumar Malakar who collected
money through UPI, Cash and cheques from different persons for investments in
the name of Titan Capital Market.
The accused did not invest the amount received from the
different depositors with any Regulated Deposit Scheme.
"They cheated the depositors by collecting money from
them for investments and did not return the said amount to them," the
agency said.
The CBI has successfully traced databases containing details
of depositors who were deceived into investing in these unregulated deposit
schemes, it said.
