Rs.200cr fake property scam busted in NCR
new delhi/GURUGRAM, Dec. 29 -- With the arrest of five people, the Delhi Police claimed to have busted a luxury property fraud racket that has duped investors of around Rs.200 crore by selling them non-existent or fictitious bank-auctioned properties in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). One such non-existent property was in Gurugram's DLF Camellias.
The arrested members, including mastermind Mohit Gogia, 38, laundered the proceeds through multiple bank accounts.
Meanwhile the crime branch is looking for more suspects, most notable Ram Singh alias Babaji, believed to be the main handler of the money-laundering network.
Police said the syndicate was wanted in at least 14 cheating cases in Delhi, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, among others. Two cars procured from the cheated money have been seized. Bank accounts of the accused have also been frozen, DCP (crime) Aditya Gautam said.
The high-value property fraud came to light after a woman approached the crime branch in June this year, alleging she had been duped of Rs.12.04 crore by Gogia and his associates in the name of selling a luxury flat at DLF Camellias. The woman said she had transferred the money between August and October. The bank later confirmed that all documents shown to the woman by the fraudsters, including sale certificates, covering letters and auction receipts, were forged.
"We registered a case of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy at the crime branch police station. Investigations revealed that the cheated amount was credited to the suspect's proprietorship firm's bank account. The money was systematically layered through multiple bank accounts to conceal its trail. The suspects were identified and they were arrested following raids in Delhi-NCR, Uttarakhand, Bhopal, Mumbai and other states," Gautam said, adding that Gogia was the first to be arrested on November 22 from Uttarakhand.
The other arrested people are Vishal Malhotra, a 42-year-old property dealer; Sachin Gulati, 40; Abhinav Pathak, a 35-year-old medicine distributor; and Bharat Chhabra, 33. Gogia confessed to forging mortgage and sale documents with the help of Chhabra, by fabricating bank records and title papers, according to police. "Malhotra and Gulati allegedly allowed their bank accounts to be used for laundering funds, withdrawing and transferring large sums on the instructions of Ram Singh, for which they earned commissions. Gulati has a prior cheating case registered against him. Pathak introduced the complainant to the main accused and facilitated the fraudulent deal, while Chhabra assisted in forging documents," DCP Gautam said.
An investigator said the gang would identify disputed or fictitious properties, forge bank-auction paperwork, lure buyers with below-market rates, and then rotate the funds through shell firms and accounts, including the finance firm, which is being run by Singh....
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