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'Social trade' scam: UP STF receives over 4,500 complaints in Rs 3700 crore online fraud

NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh STF today shared data with the Income Tax department and Enforcement Directorate in connection with the alleged Rs 3,700 online ponzi scam which was perpetrated by seeking fake social media 'likes' from more than six lakh gullible investors. Complaints has crossed 4,500 on the email-id of UP police's Special Task Force (STF) which has arrested three persons in the Rs 3,700 crore online fraud scam. UP STF ASP Amit Pathak said a team met Income Tax officials and shared the data collected from the Noida-based company and also analysed the data jointly. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case and sought details from UP STF team for further probe in the case. UP STF and Special Investigation Team assisted the ED. Digital evidence was being further collected. Investigation team from Hyderabad, in a case registered there, came here and met UP STF team and collected the data. UP STF has got information that in several parts of the country and other states too, FIRs are being filed against the company. During investigation, it came to light that on several occasions, the complainants were given their page itself for click. Click used to function only for 30 seconds and thereafter get blocked. Members could not see the data details. Company in promotion material has mentioned PPT and claimed it of some government and some private institutions. The ED's zonal office in Lucknow registered a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on an FIR of the UP STF which unearthed the alleged illegal ponzi or multi-level marketing scam a few days back. The central probe agency said the fraudsters allegedly cheated about 6.5 lakh gullible investors of an estimated Rs 3,700 crore, a fraud many more times in value than the infamous Saradha chit fund scam of West Bengal and Assam which is pegged at Rs 2,500 crore. The UP STF arrested the owner of the company Anubhav Mittal, its CEO Sridhar and the technical head Mahesh on February 2.
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