Important Detection by Economic Offence Wing
Date: 30th Nov 2012
INTERNATIONAL GANG OF CHEATS BUSTED WITH
THE ARREST OF WOMAN FRAUDSTER
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Trap laid down by EOW
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Goa woman posing as British Citizen
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Accomplices (African nationals) on the run
The Economic Offences Wing, Delhi Police has arrested a woman
member of a gang of international cheats who used to deceive innocent
businessmen by promising huge investments in their business. The fraudster
woman arrested namely Theresa Jovita D’Souza (real name) @ Rhea
Jannet Mallon (assumed name) d/o Philip D'Souza, a native of Goa, aged
about 39 years was arrested in Delhi through a trap laid by EOW personnel
on 27.11.2012. A case FIR No. 163/12 dated 27.11.2012, u/s
406/420/468/471/120 B IPC PS EOW, Delhi has been registered in this
regard.
The brief facts of the case are that the complainant Sh P.
Rahmatullah, doing business of granite stone and resident of Adoni, DisttKurnool, Andhra Pradesh reported that in July 2012, he was contacted
through emails by one Johnson Mallon, claiming to be a British citizen,
showing interest in becoming his business partner in India. Initially, the
above mentioned accused lady along with Johnson Mallon met the
complainant's sons in Ashoka Hotel in Delhi. In the said meeting, the
accused lady introduced herself as Rhea Jannet Mallon w/o Johnson Mallon
and both of them claimed themselves to be British citizens. To convince the
victims they provided photocopies of their passports. They promised huge
investments in their granite business. Johnson Mallon also visited the
grantie factory of the complainant in Adoni, A.P. The expenses for the air
journey were incurred by the complainant only.
During these meetings, the accused persons conveyed to the
complainants that an amount of theirs to the tune of $ 8,00,000 (over 4 crore
rupees) was stuck up in IMF, Delhi and they intended to invest part of the
same money in the complainant’s business. The accused sought Rs.10 lakh
from the complainant for the purpose of getting the clearance from IMF. In
anticipation of getting good business proposals and heavy returns, the
unsuspecting complainant transferred Rs.9 lakh on two different occasions
in two bank accounts as told by the accused persons. During this period, the
complainant also received a couple of e-mails purportedly from IMF and
RBI intimating him regarding the clearance awaited of the said amount. He
also received phone calls purportedly from RBI, Delhi asking him to transfer
another Rs.1.20 lakhs for further clearance. At this, the complainant got
suspicious and verified the authenticity of the e-mails from RBI, New Delhi
and found that the said e-mails from RBI and IMF, received by him were
bogus. During this entire process, the accused persons kept pressurizing the
complainant for transferring further Rs.1.20 lakhs ostensibly to get
clearances from RBI.
The complainant approached Economic Offences Wing,
Delhi on 27.11.2012. A team of EOW under the supervision of ACP Sh.
H.M. Bakshi and comprising of Inspr Arun Choudhary, SI Shailendra
Singh, SI Vishal, W/SI Monika, HC Tanveer and HC Udaiveer
immediately swung into action and laid a trap with the assistance of the
complainant near hotel Capital Residency, Paharganj, where the accused
persons were to come to receive Rs. 1.20 Lakh from the complainant.
However, only Rhea Jannet Mallon arrived at the given time and place. She
was apprehended and subsequently arrested. She revealed that actually she
is an Indian citizen and a native of Goa. She also revealed that her actual
name is Theresa Jovita D'souza. It has been further revealed that the
accused lady used to do odd jobs in Goa and Mumbai prior to coming to
Delhi. The scrutiny of her passport has revealed that she has also visited a
number of countries including Nigeria, Combodia, Vietnam etc. She has
revealed that her accomplices in the present offence are African nationals
and not British citizens as told to the complainant.
During the search of her house, her original passport, copy
of the letter written purportedly from I.M.F., 11 cheque books of
different banks, credit/debit cards etc. have been recovered and the same
are being examined for further investigation. Efforts are on to trace her
accomplices.
The public is hereby advised not to accept offers of unconditional soft
investments, huge lottery amounts purportedly won abroad or of getting
huge wealth left by unknown ancestors in foreign lands and they should not
fall pray to such or similar offers received through emails, telephones,
letters, SMS etc.
Date: 27th Nov 2012
Further Progress:
Stock Guru Scam
 Further recovery of over Rs. 20 crores.
 Total recovery so far over Rs. 83 crores
 Documents on fake identities seized like passports, Pan cards,
Ration card,
E-Adhar papers, Bank accounts
 Other articles seized include High value watches
 Spy cameras
 Mobile Phone-jammer
 Real looking toy pistols/revolvers/guns
 Accused planned to produce a Marathi film too
As already shared vide Press Release dated 12.11.12, the CBT Section
of Economic
Offences Wing had arrested a husband wife team of professional cheats namely:
1. Ulhas Prabhakar Khaire (real name) age 33 yrs @ Lokeshwar
Dev (name used in
Stock Guru) @ Lokeshwar Dev Jain @ Dr. Raj Kumar Maheshwari @
Rohit Khatri @ Dr.
Raj Zaveri @ Sidhharth Jay Marathe
Present address:- R-100, Zadgaon, MIDC residential Area, Ratnagiri,
Maharashtra.
2. Raksha J. Urs (real name) age 30 yrs @ Priyanka Saraswat Dev
(name used in
Stock Guru) @ Priyanka Dev Jain @ Dr.Prachi Maheshwari @
Kanchan Khatri @ Dr. Priya
Zaveri @ Maya Marathe. Present address same as above,
in a multi crore and multi victim Stock-Guru scam of over Rs 500 crores involving
more than 2 lakh
victims. The accused persons were also involved in several other cases of
cheating, forgery and
fraud registered in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,
Sikkim, Maharashtra
etc. Follow-up raids were conducted by the Delhi Police teams in Mumbai
and Ratnagiri.
In Ratnagiri, the accused persons had set up a posh office at B-6
Shivrekar Plaza, Maruti
Mandir, Ratnagiri.
They had set up the following four firms, all without
any registration:
 M/s Jai Bajrang Bali Security Services : for facilitating share trading
 M/s Impressions Film Academy : for training actors and actresses
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M/s Shri Tirupati Bhagwan Print Media Services : for all kinds of print
services
 M/s Jai Bajrang Bali Creations : for real estate business
They had also published advertisements in various local newspapers
for stock trading
services, print media services and acting classes.
Further properties recovered from the accused Ulhas Prabhakar Khaire,
mainly from his house
and office in Ratnagiri, are as follows :-
 Bank drafts worth Rs. 19.96 Crores
 Industrial Plot No. C-185, MIDC Area, Ratnagiri (area 750 sq. yds)
 60 odd watches valued at approx. Rs 50 lacs including:
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Gold ROLEX YACHT MASTER SWISS MAKE (valued
approx. Rs. 19 lakhs)
 Gold ROLEX OYSTER PERPECTUAL SWISS MAKE.
 Gold OMEGA Seamister SWISS MAKE.
 RADO Jublie.
 TAG HEUR CARRERA.
 RADO DIA STAR.
 TISSOT-1853.
 Designer watches from GUCCI, CHOPARD, FOSSIL, RADO,
LONGINES, CARTIER etc
 Gold jewellery valued Rs 15 lacs approx.
 8 FDs totalling Rs 6.5 lacs approx.
 7 Cars and 2 bikes
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3 Cars (Land Crusier Prado, Fiat Punto, Hyundai i-20)
recovered in Ratnagiri
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2 Bikes (Bajaj Entizer, Honda Activa Scooty) recovered in
Ratnagiri
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4 Cars (Honda Civic, Ford Endeavour, Scorpio, Swift vdi)
recovered in Delhi
Some other articles seized from their Ratnagiri office and residence are: -
1. E-Adhar papers in the names Siddharth Jay Marathe, Maya
Siddharth Jay Marathe,
Shivani Siddharth Marathe and Vaishnavi Siddharth Marathe.
2. Copy of ration card of Siddharth Jay Marathe.
3. Demat A/c Registration papers from M/s Religare, M/s HDFC
Securities, M/s MCX, M/s
NCBEX, M/s India Infoline.
4. 18 Pan Cards in various fake names of individuals and companies
5. 20 pairs of eye contact lens (different colours)
6. 26 Rubber stamps of the above mentioned firms.
7. A currency counting machine.
8. A identity card printing machine.
9. Passports in the names Dev Lokeshwar, Dev Priyanka Saraswat,
Gunjan Dev and Gungun
Dev (issued from Delhi)
10. 4 Debit cards from Vijaya Bank.
11. 2 international debit cards from M/s Saraswat Bank without any name
of beneficiary.
12. 75 odd ATM/Credit/Debit cards issued from various banks of Axis
Bank in various names.
13. 19 bank account passbooks in the names of Maya Siddharth Marathe.
And Siddharth Jay
Marathe.
14. 131 cheque books of various banks.
15. 6 rubber stamps of 6 firms opened by accused in Goa.
16. Original Property papers of various flats in Goa, Dwarka and
Moradabad.
17. 48 mobile phones including Vertu Gold (valued approx Rs. 16 lacs)
Black Berrys, Galaxy
Notes, Vertu Hand Crafted Mobile by Shelly Hill etc.
18. 30 mobile SIM cards.
19. One set of telephone jammer with remote.
20. Real looking toy pistols/revolver/gun with ammunition:
One toy pistol bearing Colt Government 1911.
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One black colour toy pistol bearing Beretta.
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One black colour toy pistol bearing Walter P 99.
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One toy revolver black and silver colour bearing made by ATACK
Arms Limited.
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One Toy gun black colour bearing Zoraki 925.
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400 bullets for toy guns.
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Two air guns
21. Spy equipment:
One clock having facility of video recording.
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One wrist watch make SINOBC having facility of recording.
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One digital video recorder with wireless camera.
22. iPAD 64 GB and Samsung Galaxy Note 800.
23. Various laptops including Apple Mac Book Pro, HP, Lenovo and
DELL.
24. Various external Hard Disks
25. Fake registration plates of VIP number DL-4CAF-0001 and forged
registration certificate
in the same number (original number – DL3CBH-6666) and one red
beacon.
It was revealed that the accused persons had also rented a flat in Omkar
Apartments, N.M.
Joshi Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai. They had planned to produce Marathi
films and had even
short-listed a script named “Aai Kuwari Baap Brahmachari” to be
directed by one Ghanshyam
Agne. The rent agreement and the security deposit of Rs 1.5 lacs was
seized from the landlord.
Raksha J. Urs @ Priyanka Saraswat Dev was sent to the judicial custody
on 16.11.12. Ulhas
Prabhakar Khaire @ Lokeshwar Dev was produced before the court on
24.11.12. The Hon’ble court has
further granted his police custody for 14 days in another case FIR No. 84/11
dated 07.04.11
u/s 406/409/419/420/467/468/471/34/120-B IPC.
Accounts of the firm Stock Guru are being scrutinized to ascertain the
actual extent of loss
suffered by the public. Further investigation in the case in on to nab the
other accused persons
and affect further recoveries.
Date : 12th Nov 2012
 Masterminds of the multi-crore ‘Stock Guru’ scam in police
net.
 Husband Wife duo arrested from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
 Had floated the company M/s Stock Guru India in 2010 in
Delhi and lured investors on the promise of highly lucrative
returns.
 Involved in a fraud of over Rs 493 crores with 2 lakh
investors.
 Multiple identities revealed.
The Economic Offences Wing, Delhi Police has arrested a husband wife
team of professional cheats namely:
1. Ulhas Prabhakar Khaire (real name), age 33 years, s/o Prabhakar
Khaire r/o Laxmi Nagar, Nagpur, Maharashtra
@ Lokeshwar Dev (name used in Stock Guru)
@ Lokeshwar Dev Jain
@ Dr. Raj Kumar Maheshwari
@ Rohit Khatri
@ Dr. Raj Zaveri
@ Sidhharth Jay Marathe (present identity)
Present address:- R-100, Zadgaon, MIDC residential Area, Ratnagiri,
Maharashtra.
2. Raksha J. Urs (real name) age 30 years
@ Priyanka Saraswat Dev (name used in Stock Guru)
@ Priyanka Dev Jain
@ Dr.Prachi Maheshwari
@ Kanchan Khatri
@ Dr. Priya Zaveri
@ Maya Marathe (present identity)
present address same as above,
in a multi crore and multi victim scam of about Rs 500 crores involving more than
2 lakh victims. The accused persons are also involved in several other cases of
cheating, forgery and fraud registered in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Maharashtra etc.
In the matter of Stock Guru, two cases, namely FIR No. 84/11 dt 7.4.11
u/s 406/420/34 IPC and FIR No. 152/11 u/s 406/420/34 IPC dated 29.06.11 PS
Moti Nagar were initially registered and investigated in West District and
subsequently transferred to EOW Crime Branch in July 2011. The cases were
registered on the complaints of Sunil Kumar r/o Sonipat (Haryana) and Sunil
Kumar r/o Gurgaon (Haryana) respectively. It both the cases, the victims were
induced to invest money in M/s Stock Guru India, 56/A-1, Lisa Complex, Rama
Road, Delhi on the promise of lucrative returns and against promissory notes
provided by Lokeshwar Dev, Priyanka Dev and others. They had guaranteed to
provide a 20% return per month up to six months on the principal amount
followed by a subsequent refund of the principal amount in the seventh month,
through prudent and source based investments in the share market. However,
instead of returning their investments as promised, Lokeshwar Dev & Priyanka
Dev suddenly shut down their office and decamped with all the collected funds.
Their scheme to induce public at large was quite elaborate with conferences and
distribution of very attractive brochures in 5 star hotels all over India. They also
had multiple agents across the country who mobilised funds on their behalf.
Till date, as many as 14,303 complaints have been received in this
matter in EOW, Delhi. Investigation of these cases was taken up in a
professional manner. Investigation revealed that there were about 2,05,062
investors who had invested Rs. 10000/- or more totaling an investment of about
Rs. 493 crores in the M/s Stock Guru India. Taking into account the gravity of the
crime and the quantum of funds involved a special team comprising of Insp. Raj
Kumar Saha, SI Afsar Raza, SI Amit, SI Harish and HC Habib Khan from
CBT section, EOW was formed to investigate the matter under the
supervision of Sh. S.D. Mishra, Addl.DCP/EOW. With the accused persons
resorting to crimes across the country, HC Habib Khan was given the singular
task of establishing their identity and whereabouts. The year long investigations
took the members of the special team in general and HC Habib Khan in particular
to Moradabad, Dehradun, Alwar, Nagpur and Goa and finally resulting in the
apprehension of the alleged persons in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
The accused have procured passports too in their assumed names of
Lokeshwar Dev and Priyanka Saraswat Dev. The alleged Lokeshwar Dev had
submitted documents like property papers, mobile phone bill, copy of marksheet
of 12th class (CBSE) for issuance of his passport. During investigation, said
marksheet was found to be of one actual Lokeshwar Dev s/o Sh Beer Singh r/o
Krishna Kripa Charkhana Bell Road, Society Area Clement Town, Dehradun,
Uttarakhand, age 26 yrs. However, it was revealed that the accused person had
acquired the identity of the real Lokeshwar who had deposited his marksheets
along with Rs. 35,000/- in the office of one Dr. R. K. Maheshwari, for getting a
diploma in Psychotherapy. In fact in Dehradun the accused persons posing as
Dr. R. K. Maheshwari and Dr. Prachi Maheshwari, collected a lot of money
from prospective students on the pretext of providing them diplomas in
Psychotherapy and subsequently absconded for some unknown place. A case
FIR No. 32/09 u/s 406/420 IPC was registered at PS Kotwali, Dehradun in the
matter. Likewise, documents submitted for issuance of passport in the name of
Ms Priyanka Dev and his daughters were also found to be fake. Even the birth
certificates of his daughters were found to be fake.
Investigations revealed a total of 94 bank accounts spread over 20 odd
banks. These bank accounts were opened and operated by the accused persons
in the names of at least 13 different names and entities in Delhi and outside
Delhi. All these bank accounts and other Fixed Deposits, Share investments
were identified and frozen systematically by the investigative team. 12
properties including 8 flats in Dwaraka, 1 flat each in Bhiwadi, Alwar &
Moradabad and 1 villa in Goa which has been purchased/owned by alleged
persons were also identified and attached. Due to sustained and diligent efforts
by the Investigation Team, a large quantum of assets and embezzled funds were
traced and attached as indicated:
S. NO.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
DETAILS OF ASSETS
Fixed Deposits
Share Investments
Demand Drafts unpaid issued by Syndicate
Bank Moradabad UP.
Demands Drafts unpaid issued by ICICI Bank
Sec-6 Dwarka, New Delhi.
Demands Drafts unpaid issued by HDFC Bank
Sec-5 Dwarka, New Delhi
Properties in Delhi/ Out side Delhi
Cash in Banks
Vijaya Bank, Panji Goa
Total Amount
Value
Rs. 80 lacs
Rs. 5.87 crores
Rs. 2.6 crores
Rs. 20.45 crores
Rs. 3.81 crores
Rs. 5.87 crores
Rs. 23.41 crores
Rs. 20.29 lacs
Rs. 63 crores approx
During investigation, 12 vehicles including a Toyota Land Cruiser, a
Mercedes and a Hyundai i20 were also identified which had been purchased by
accused Lokeshwar Dev and Priyanka Dev either in their name or in the name of
their companies. One Mercedes found in Goa, has been taken into possession
and efforts are on to trace the other vehicles. Various RTOs , Transport
Authority, Delhi have also been requested to freeze/stop the further sale/transfer
of the said vehicles.
Background of Accused Persons –
Sustained investigative efforts led to the identification of the alleged
Lokeshwar Dev as Ulhas Prabhakar Khaire s/o Prabhakar Khaire r/o Laxmi
Nagar, Nagpur, Maharashtra. However, accused Ulhas Prabhakar Khaire was
not a stranger to crime. He left studies after class 11th and started a construction
business in a partnership. A case of cheating / forgery was registered against
him in Nagpur. He left Nagpur in the year 2004 and has not returned to Nagpur
since then. He is also declared as P.O. in the said case. He escaped to Pune in
2004 and worked in a call center for a few months. In 2005 he came to
Bangaluru and started working in a Finance comapany. In Bangaluru he met and
married a Mysore girl namely Raksha Urs, a person with a similar disposition.
After marriage they left Bangalore and under the assumed names of Rohit
Khatri & Kanchan Khatri reached Lucknow where they took up a job in a call
center. In 2006 they went off to Ahmedabad as Dr. Raj Zaveri and Dr. Priya
Zaveri and later on went to Bhuvneshwar and then later on to Raipur. Till that
time they had only made sporadic forays into crime. They used to obtain an
identity and an address and then obtained high value credit cards from various
banks. After withdrawing money and making purchases they used to move off to
another city and assume another identity.
However, 2009 was their first major step into an organized racket. They
moved to Dehradun as Dr. Rakesh Kumar Maheshwari and Dr. Prachi
Maheshwari and opened an Institute of Psychotherapy & Counselling at Shop
No. 5, Property No 110, Rajshree Complex Tagore Villa Chakrata Road,
DehraDun. They were supposed to train and provide a certification in
Psychotherapy & Counselling to various prospective students. However, they
collected vast sums and moved to Delhi in December 2009 under the names of
Lokeshwar Dev and Priyanka Dev. Initially they took up a flat in in West Patel
Nagar and started running advertisements in newspaper about investments tip in
stocks. Subsequently they started many firms namely M/s Stock Guru India,
SGI Research & Analysis, SGI Buildtech Ltd.,SGI Beverages Ltd., SGI Securities
Pvt. Ltd, G3 Commodities Pvt Ltd and M/s Coppertrenz from Moti Nagar, Delhi.
On the pretext of providing huge returns from stock trading they collected huge
funds and absconded. Cases in Rajasthan, Sikkim, Orrissa, Sikkim and
Chattisgarh in the matter of M/s Stock Guru have also come to light.
From Delhi they escaped to Goa in July 2011. Due to insistent pressure
from the Investigative Team they moved off to Ratnagiri where they took up a
rented house, got PAN cards and opened bank accounts as Sidharth Jai Marathe
and Maya Marathe. The accused Ullhas had also started a share trade business
in the name of JVG Securities with offices in Ratnagiri and Mumbai, while
accused Raksha started a media business.
Accused Ullhas is only class 11th pass while accused Raksha did 2nd year
BA in photographic journalism. Both of them are experts in disguise so much so
that their various photographs also look startlingly different. They are also very
fond of electronic gadgets and possess many laptops notebooks, many
expensive premium watches, various iphones, touch phones and ipads.
The two accused persons namely Lokeshwar Dev Jain @ Ulhas Prabhakar
Khaire and Priyanka Dev Jain @ Raksha are now on Police Remand. Efforts are
on to trace the other co-accused persons and affect more recoveries in the said
cases.
13-08-2012
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 Ex- BPO EMPLOYEE ARRESTED FOR STEALING CREDIT CARDS
INFORMATION OF FOREIGNERS
 CREDIT CARDS INFORMATION USED FOR ONLINE PURCHASES OF
OVER Rs. 11 LACS
 MOSTLY HIGH END MOBILES AND I-PHONES PURCHASED
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A complaint was received in the Cyber Cell of EOW on 03.08.2012 from
M/s Kinobeo Software Pvt. Ltd., owners of online sale-purchase portal
www.mydala.com regarding the unauthorized purchase of goods on their website
using stolen credit card information. It was alleged that one of the users of their
website namely Vineet Jha @ Amit Kumar @ Sandeep r/o Mahavir Enclave,
Palam Colony, Delhi had been carrying out suspicious transactions using various
credit card informations. As the complainant company was using the payment
gateway of M/s ICICI Bank, the said Merchant Bank had alerted M/s mydala.com
about the said suspected misuse. A case FIR No. 99/12 u/s
420/467/468/471/120-B IPC was registered and investigation taken up by the
Cyber Cell of Delhi Police. A special team under SI K.L.Yadav was formed to
take up the investigation and apprehend the suspect.
During investigations it was revealed that the suspect had so far made
purchases worth Rs.11,28,260/- from the website www.mydala.com. In this
connection, ICICI bank has already received a chargeback request for Rs.
1,08,397/- from original card holders. Cyber Cell found out that the IP addresses
used in the transactions belonged to one Vineet Kumar Jha r/o Mahavir Enclave,
New Delhi-45. Thereafter, a discreet enquiry with regard to the suspect Vineet
Kumar Jha was conducted and it was found that he was actively engaged in
online shopping and was giving different addresses and telephone numbers for
the delivery of goods. During the fraudulent purchases over the past 2 months,
the suspect had booked / ordered online several Nokia E-6, Galaxy S-3, Galaxy
Note, i-Phones and made payments by using credit card details of persons
residing abroad.
A trap was laid constructing a team of Inspr. Manoj Mishra, Inspr. Vijay
Gahlawat, SI Kanhaiya Lal Yadav, WSI Monika, ASI Leeladhar, ASI Sunil
Malik, HC Daleep Singh, HC Rati Ram, HC Murari Lal, Ct. Bhim Singh and
Ct. Manoj Kumar and the suspect Vineet Kumar Jha was apprehended red
handed while accepting the parcels purchased using the stolen credit card
information, from the delivery boy. Two Samsung Galaxy Note, One
BlackBerry, One DVD Player, One Panasonic digital camera were recovered
from his possession. During the course of interrogation Vineet Kumar Jha
revealed that he used to mostly purchase electronic items using the credit card
information as it was easier to sell them in the open market.
The accused Vineet Kumar Jha s/o Lalit Narain Jha, age 22 years is a
commerce graduate from Open School of Learning, Delhi University. He worked
in various call centres in Noida and Gurgaon during the last 3 years and left the
job about 2 months back.
At the place of one of his previous employments, he used to deal with
online customers of Personal Computers by offering add-on products and
services. The customers, under the impression that they were interacting with the
supplier of their Personal Computers were quite trusting and provided credit card
details for the purchase of online products and services. Later, he used these
credit card informations to purchase online goods. He chose to use the credit
card information of customers residing abroad to avoid easy detection. Vineet
Jha further sold these merchandise items to various people through second-hand
goods dealers. Efforts are on to recover these items.
17th JANUARY, 2012
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BIG HAUL OF COUNTERFEIT FOOTWEARS OF LEADING BRAND- “SPARK” of
M/s RELAXO FOOTWEARS LTD.
 FOOTWEAR ITEMS, PACKING MATERIAL AND MACHINE WORTH Rs. 1.10
CRORES RECOVERED
 ONE PERSON ARRESTED
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On 16-01-2012 in case FIR No. 221/2011, U/s 103/104 TM Act & 63 CR
Act, PS- EOW, New Delhi, an information was received that one Jaikishan Sapra
was selling counterfeit footwears of M/s Relaxo Footwears Ltd. in his shop at
M/s SAPRA FOOTWEAR, shop No. 400, Shoes Market, Old Post Office Street,
Sadar Bazar, Delhi. A raiding team comprising of SI Sanjay Kumar, SI Binod,
SI Upender, SI Ashwani, HC Mumtaj Ali, HC Dinesh Kumar, Ct. Z.H.Zaidi and
Ct. Awdesh headed by Insp. Shankar Banerjee under the supervision of Sh. T.P.
Singh, ACP/IPR, was constituted. The raid was conducted at M/s SAPRA
FOOTWEAR, shop No. 400, Shoes Market, Old Post Office Street, Sadar Bazar,
Delhi where Jaikishan Sapra S/o Sh. Raghu Nath Sapra R/o H. No. 360, Bahra
Enclave, Paschim Vihar, New Delhi, aged 50 years was found present and 80
pairs of counterfeit footwears bearing falsified trade mark of “SPARK” of M/s
Relaxo Footwears Ltd were recovered from his possession in the said shop. He
was arrested in the case.
On interrogation, accused Jai Kishan Sapra disclosed that the said
consignment of counterfeit/ falsified footwears of “SPARK” trade mark was
supplied to him by Deepak Singal of M/s Bhagwati Footwear having his factory
at Mangol Puri, Industrial Area, Delhi. On the said disclosure, further raid was
conducted at the premises of M/s Bhagwati Footwear, T/2, 167-169, Mangol
Puri, Industrial area Phase-1, Delhi, from where 1329 pairs of counterfeit
footwears bearing trade mark of “SPARK” and “SPARKLE” were recovered.
One sole moulding machine used for manufacturing the counterfeit footwear was
also found there which was seized and the sealed at the said premises. Search
for the owner of factory Deepak Singal is on.
The approx. value of the recovered counterfeit/infringed footwears,
packaging material and the machine used for manufacturing the same is Rs.
1.10 Crores. The above arrested accused Jai Kishan Sapra is 6th class passed and
thus a semi literate person. The accused persons used to manufacture, print, pack
and sell the counterfeit footwears of the complainant company. They have
indulged in the above mentioned illegal activities and caused the loss of crores of
rupees to the company and government exchequer during the last about 4 years.
Further investigation is in progress.