The Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police got success in making the 47th arrest in the famous QNet fraud. A lady known as Aditi Mitra, who is in her early thirties, has been arrested by the police on Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport when she was trying to leave for Dubai. Aditi was an important player of QNet who attracted investors by talking to them at malls and promising them of double returns in just three years of making the investment.
Earlier, the Billiards champion Michael Ferreira, who was also awarded with Padma Bhushan, had been arrested in relation to QNet scam worth Rs. 1,000 crore. The Hong Kong-based QNet has cheated 5 lakh investors by using the binary pyramid business model and attracting them through its multi-level marketing schemes.
QNet used to portray itself as a marketing firm selling watches, herbal items, bio-discs, holiday tours, etc. The police said that the company used to claim that their bio-discs could cure diseases related to cancer and brain.
The arrest of Aditi Mitra has been confirmed by ACP Arun Jadhav. Till 23rd March, she will be in police custody. Aditi had eight big bags and two handbags; she told that her belongings were kept in two bags but she refused to tell what was inside the other six bags.
Aditi worked with QNet as an independent representative and used to get huge commissions for bringing the investors. She has many bank accounts and in one of her accounts, Rs. 25 lakh have been deposited. EOW officials have frozen her bank accounts. It was found during the investigation that Aditi was an active participant.
Pradip Gharat, the special public prosecutor, said,
“She had brainwashed victims in order to induce them to invest in the scheme.”
Arpita Majarekar, an employee of a private firm situated in Andheri, deposited Rs. 12.5 lakh through Aditi. She told,
“She would conduct welcome sessions in malls and trap people with her sweet talk. She had promised me and many others that if we invested in the scheme, we would get double the amount in three years.”
Aditi has been charged under applicable sections of the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, Prize, Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, and the Indian Penal Code.
We just want to warn our readers to be careful and don’t let anyone take away their hard-earned money.
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