A fake company in Haryana has defrauded 18 people of Rs 1 crore 36 lakh. The accused ran a company in Kurukshetra, Karnal and Kaithal in the name of Meta-F Private Limited. The company lured people to invest in property investment, share market, broker house, crypto and other works. The company also gave interest to people for a few months.
Kaithal. Some people together opened a fake company and lured people to invest money in various ways and earn more profit. People invested money trusting the company but the company was later found to be fake and it absconded with about one crore 36 lakh rupees of the people.
On the complaint of Jagseer, resident of village Thehbaneda and Jaswinder, resident of Pehowa, a case was registered in Cheeka police station against Gaurav Pratap, Ramsharan and Dinesh, residents of Kurukshetra. In the complaint, it was told that the accused together ran a company in Kurukshetra, Karnal and Kaithal in the name of Meta-F Private Limited. He got acquainted with the accused in August 2022.
Pressure created to connect with other people
The accused had said that their company does property investment, share market, broker house, crypto and other things. If you invest money in the company, you will get 4 to 5 percent interest every month. Believing their words, Jaswinder invested Rs 4 lakh and Jagseer invested Rs 5.5 lakh. The company also gave them money for a few months.
After this, the accused said that if other people are added to the company, they will get good money. By getting convinced by their words, they left their acquaintances Amrik Singh, Laxman Singh, Basant, Satyawan, Balbir Singh, Harpreet Singh, Rajpal, Akash, Satpal, Dilbagh Rana, Sandeep, Gurtej, Gyan, Naresh, Sunil and Charana. All of them together invested one crore 36 lakh rupees in the company.
interest paid for a certain period of time
For some time, the accused gave interest to everyone. They were assured that the principal amount would be returned in 24 months or the company’s land in Kalayat would be given in exchange for the money. An advertisement was also issued by the company that an offer has been launched from May 2024 to June 2024, in which seven percent interest will be given on investing more than seven thousand dollars.
The company also pressurised everyone to invest money in it. When they got suspicious about the company, they asked for their money back. After this, the accused stopped picking up the phone. Wherever the company had its offices, they were closed. When they investigated at their level, all the documents of the company were found to be fake.
The accused threatened that if he came home to take the money, they would file a false case of molestation against him. In this way, the accused cheated him and his relatives of Rs 1 crore 36 lakh. Cheeka police station has registered a case and handed over the investigation to SI Vikram.
