Greater Noida: The couple suspected of deceiving nearly 17,000 people throughout the NCR and various districts to commit RS 150 Crore fraud had been arrested, more than two years after the first case was registered in the Duo.
Police said the accused, annealed and meenu sain, aged 37 and 42 years, was used to lure prospective investors for their e-taxi aggregator business through the owner of the KDM company, better known as a double road, promising a double refund.
They were arrested on Sundays from Gurgaon, where they started the e-bike factory.
They have lived before in Bengalaru and cities in Maharashtra.
Science has at least 15 firs submitting them in GB Nagar and 350 complaints in various cities.
Harvir Singh, one of the first complainants in this case in June 2019, alleged that he and his brother invested Rs 27 lakh in the company.
He also claimed he was threatened by Meenu every time he would try to approach the top police.
“Somehow, he will always know that I plan to meet senior officers,” he said.
Shailendra Tomar’s investigation officers said Meenu was a graduate and experienced with a computer while announcing had cleared the exam.
“They are targeting retirees and presenting army personnel too.
Some of the former Armymen of Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut and Delhi invest in their scheme.
My sister and I got Rs 3-4 Lakh as a return in the first three-four months but then they stopped,” he said .
Sanjeev Tomar, retired Havildar army, invest in a scheme about suggesting some friends.
He said the defendant made several people sign the ‘settlement’ document.
“The four-five investors are told that their money will be returned but never existed,” he said.
The police said at least two more people, Pradeep Sharma and Kunal Science had not been arrested.