PANJIM, JAN 21
Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Goa Police on Friday arrested one Prem Goyal in connection with fraud of Rs 30 lakh.
A Mumbai-based investment company operating in the name of Forex Entertainment allegedly duped Goan investors to the tune of Rs 30 lakh, police said.
A team of Goa EOW arrested Goyal from Chandivali in Mumbai after a Ponda-based investor S Dinesh filed a complaint of cheating with the police department.
Goyal was brought to Goa from Mumbai on transit remand early Friday morning. Police sources said that Dinesh approached Goyal referring to an advertisement in a local daily wherein the investment company published a contact number belonging to Goyal.
According to the complaint letter, the complainant was lured that he would be paid three times more than the amount he would invest in a scheme with the company. The transactions went on smoothly for some time till December 8, 2010.
The investors were thereafter informed that due to restrictions from Reserve Bank of India, they would be paid money on weekly basis instead of daily payments.
However, transactions completely stopped and neither Goyal was to be contacted. This prompted nearly 100 investors to file a complaint with the EOW following which action was taken.
