Hyderabad, Dec. 15: Slowdown in the IT industry is causing newer crimes to surface with a peculiar modus operandi. After fake companies duping employees the trend has now reversed.
A scamster couple, who cheated a lawyer was arrested by the Central Crime Station sleuths on Monday. The accused took huge salaries by making the complainant start an IT company and promising tie up with US-based companies. The CCS deputy commissioner of police, Mr R.S. Praveen Kumar, said: "Complaints regarding IT companies that do not exist and dupe job aspirants is increasing."
According to CCS officials, the arrested persons were identified as Kanchan Juenaja alias Nida alias Rinku and her husband Mohammed Mushtaq, residents of Kavadiguda and B. Vamshi Krishna, a resident of Sainikpuri.
Another woman involved in the case, Ayesha alias Joydunn, is absconding. Ayesha posed as the project director of Spherion Company based in the United States. She made the complainant to establish a company named Coriolis Staffing Solutions Pvt Ltd at Begumpet by making him invest Rs 40 lakh and promising to get vendorship and IT business from the Spherion Company.
The complainant rented an office premises at Begumpet for a sum of Rs 50,000 and paying Rs 3 lakhs as advance.
The accused Kanchan appointed herself as CEO of the company and claimed Rs 40,000 per month as salary. Mushtaq appointed himself as associate vice-president and claimed a salary of Rs 60,000.
The CCS DCP, Mr Praveen Kumar said: "In another case, we got complaints against a racketeer who is cheating job aspirants. The suspect advertises in newspapers giving his mobile number. When people contact him, he collects credit card information and siphons off the money from the accounts."
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