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Chandigarh: Immigration firm owner booked for ₹22-lakh fraud
The victims alleged that seven people who were interested in working in Dubai paid ₹50,000 each and five persons who applied for Singapore work visas paid ₹1.20 lakh each
Police have booked the owner of Sparx Overseas, an immigration company in Sector-34 A, Chandigarh, for allegedly duping 12 people from Chandigarh and Punjab of ₹22.80 lakh on the pretext of providing them work visas of Singapore and Dubai.
In a joint complaint submitted with the senior superintendent of police (SSP), the victims said in September 2021, they visited the office of Sparx Overseas after seeing its advertisements on different social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, offering multiple jobs in Dubai and Singapore for the posts of managers, supervisors and drivers.
When the victims approached the firm, they were asked to submit their key documents, including an Aadhaar Card, PAN card, bank details, photocopies of educational certificates and original passports.
The two female staff at the Sparx Overseas promised visas to the victims within 12-15 days.
The victims alleged that seven people who were interested in working in Dubai paid ₹50,000 each and five persons who applied for Singapore work visas paid ₹1.20 lakh each.
One of the victims, Kishan Singh of Sector 49-C, Chandigarh, said, “After we paid the money, they showed us our visas online and gave PDF files of them. On September 10, 2021, the staff turned off their mobile numbers. When we visited the office, an office boy told us that the staff was not there. They fled with the money and documents.”
Sector-34 police after the intervention of SSP, registered a case against the firm owner under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under the Immigration Act.
