Delhi: While Covid loosens the grip, a surge in economic violations

New Delhi: Cases of economic violations and increased arrests in the city this year compared to 2020.
Investigators claim that when the pulping is at its peak, fewer economic violations reported.
Data accessed by TOI revealed that from January to August this year, 143 cases were registered on the wing of economic violations (EOW) from Delhi police.
About 130 cases were completed and 175 people involved in white collar crime were removed.
During the same period last year, 118 cases were reported that 105 were resolved and 92 people were arrested.
People fled in the case reported in the past few years was also arrested this year.
“We focus on breaking the chain chain by capturing all members involved in such cases,” said an officer.
Data shows an increase in fraud cases related to brokers.
In the current year, 52 cases were reported, while there were 31 cases last year.
“The builder launched various projects for selling plots and flats.
They assured investors showed a reddish picture of projects and then cheated them their money,” the officer said.
Special Commissioner (crime) Devesh Chandra Srivastava said, “Someone who invests money must be wise.
He must examine all company credentials, companies and projects where it invests to avoid being deceived.” Meanwhile, 33 fraud cases related to the ponzi scheme, mortgage property.
, Banks, non-banking financial institutions (NBFC), stock markets, payments, fake documents and CBT reported this year.
Last year, 35 such cases were reported.
During a pandemic, there was an increase in the case of a ponzi scheme, the stock market and NBFC.
“People cannot go for vacation, buy property or new items, so they have cash.
Fraudsters view them to invest in ponzi schemes and stock markets and delay them.
We also investigate several cases of fraud in the Demat account,” the officer said .
Srivastava said they had taken a few steps to raise awareness among people.
“We have used educational videos where our police create awareness among people in various types of fraud,” he added.
About nine cases of fake DDA DDA collection policies reported this year, while it was only six to August 2020.
This year, there was a decrease in business related fraud because 14 cases were reported.
By 2020, 17 cases such were registered.
The police registered 35 cases of fraud related to abuse, property, personal disputes, job rackets, and other frauds this year.
Last year, 29 cases like that were submitted with EOW.
The additional commissioner (EOW) RK Singh said before investing money, people had to check the RBI website and sebi whether people and companies had a license or authorized to run the scheme.
“People must avoid schemes that promise high refunds in a short time,” he added.