PANJIM: Crime Branch (CB) on Wednesday arrested two persons on charges of duping 100-odd job seekers with fake promises of giving them jobs abroad. The investigating teams also searched the premises of the unregistered placement agency in the capital.
CB SP Kartik Kashyap said that Andre Rodrigues of Porvorim and Vijay Tulsiani, living in Tonca-Caranzalem were operating the racket for the last four months.
“We laid a trap after our preliminary inquiry into a complaint by Nilesh Wagh ascertained they were running a fake job racket and were swindling money from many jobs seekers. The accused were caught red-handed while accepting cash from our decoy customer,” the officer said.
Wagh had approached CB with a complaint alleging that the duo, one of whom is the owner of a restaurant at Campal, had used the copy of his Aadhar Card and photograph of another person on a document to establish the recruitment agency. “We inquired into the complaint and found the allegations were true. The accused would allegedly charge Rs 1 lakh in cash from each job seeker,” Kashyap said, adding that the rented premise of the recruitment agency as well as Bassera dormitory were searched to seize evidences pertaining to the case.
CB claims they have begun receiving complaints from persons, who invested their money with the fake recruitment agency. As of now 70 victims have been identified each of whom have paid Rs 1 lakh cash to the two men. “Vijay is the brain behind this racket. We have also charged the two accused with cheating, impersonation and forgery. We are receiving complaints from victims,” the officer added.
