Wednesday, November 27
Tuesday, November 26
Sunday, November 24
Cops raid Apple Chit firm office
Vijayawada: Police and registration officials on Sunday raided the Apple Tree Chit Fund Company office here on Sunday. The firm had downed shutters a month ago after duping investors.Led by District registrar (West Krishna) G. Bala Krishna, sub-registrar Rama Devi and West Zone ACP T. Hari Krishna, the officials opened the locked office at Governorpeta and seized documents relating to the investments made by the firm.
Saturday, November 23
Kunal Ghosh arrested in Saradha chit fund scam
Kunal Ghosh Arrested |
Kolkata: Police arrested suspended Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Saturday in connection with the multi-crore Saradha Group ponzy scam.
The development came just few minutes after Left Front chairman Biman Bose demanded a CBI probe into the chit fund scam and claimed that several names other than that of its chairman Sudipta Sen had cropped up in connection with it.
Wednesday, November 20
EOW seeks to attach assets of Saradha Group
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch on Monday moved the State government seeking approval for attachment of properties of the Kolkata-based Saradha Group, accused in the multi-crore chit fund scam.Two cases were registered against the group in Balasore and Puri. EOW Deputy IG of Police said the Crime Branch had seized properties of the group and wanted to attach them under the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Rules, 2013.
SC notice to Centre over chit funds
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Centre, market regulator Sebi and Reserve Bank of India on a PIL seeking activation of a stringent regulatory mechanism to control activities of mushrooming of chit funds, many of which dupe investors of their life's savings.
Monday, November 11
Odisha starts attaching chit fund group's properties
The Crime Branch police have submitted a proposal to the state government seeking interim orders for attaching money and properties of the Seashore Group, comprising many companies, over the multi-crore-rupee chit fund scam.
The proposal has been submitted under the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 2011, which received presidential nod in August, Rajesh Kumar, deputy inspector general, economic offences wing (EOW) Crime Branch, told IANS.
Friday, November 8
Company director held in Odisha chit fund scam
Bhubaneswar: Police arrested the director of a private fund management company in Odisha in connection with a multi-crore-rupee chit fund scam on Thursday, an official said.Rajesh Kumar Sahu, the 40-year-old director of Innovatives Fund Management Ltd., was arrested here in the state capital following complaints that his company received deposits from investors assuring them high returns but did not keep its promises.
11.5 kg gold stolen from chit fund firm
In a major robbery, around 11.5 kg gold and Rs 6 lakh in cash were stolen from the lockers of a chit fund company office in Madhira town in the early hours of Friday.
According to sources, masked miscreants gained entry into the office by removing the window grills, broke open two lockers and decamped with the huge quantity of gold and cash all worth about Rs 3.50 crore.
Wednesday, November 6
Cheated chit fund investors approach police
About 30 investors approached Superintendent of Police R. Ponni on Tuesday and submitted a petition complaining that a private chit fund operator had cheated them of several lakhs of rupees and escaped.
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