Noida: The Uttar Pradesh police's Special
Task Force has arrested another accused in Rs 3,700 crore
ponzi scam perpetrated by a Noida-based firm which had
promised money for 'likes' on social media to lakhs of
gullible investors.
The scam was unearthed in February this year. Of those
arrested in the case included the director of the firm named
Ablaze Info Solution Private Limited.
Ayushi Aggarwal, the wife of the firm's director, Anubhav
Mittal, was arrested from Pune in Maharashtra yesterday, ASP
of UPSTF Rajeev Narain Mishra said today.
According to Mishra, during interrogation, Aggarwal said
that around 6.5 lakh people had invested in the company.
According to the Enforcement Directorate, which had filed
charge sheet in the case, the fraudsters allegedly cheated the
investors of an estimated Rs 3,700 crore, a fraud bigger in
value than the infamous Saradha chit fund scam of West Bengal
and Assam which is pegged at Rs 2,500 crore.
PTI
