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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Railway Retired employee's success in Consumer court

20/9/2009
One retired employee of the Railway department attended the O.P. treatment in Railway Hospital. The expences were Rs.113/-. The department denied to reimburse the said amount. Thereupon the retired employee filed a case in Consumer court and got success.
Eenadu news paper is providing an opportunity to publish the success stories in consumer forums. do write to eenadu news paper.

Becareful with Insurance Agents


20/9/2009
Becareful with the Insurance Agents. Take the following precautions when you want to deal with the Insurance Agents
1. First ask his Licence Number, so that we can know the details of since how long he has been in the Insurance field and when does his Insurance Licence expires and his ability to explain the details of policies etc
2. Ask him whether Insurance profession is full time or part time to him.
3. Take the details and phone numbers of his Manager and Branch so that we can continue our policies even if the agent changed his agency to some other company.
4. Know the details of Insurance value, premium, maturity value etc.
5. Ask the agent to furnish the illustration details paper with his signature.
6. As per IRDA rules the maximum return should not be shown above 10% and minimum 6%.
7. completely go through the policy document when you receive it.
8. You can cancel the policy within 15 days of its receipt

Consumer's Success over Insurance Company



20/9/2009
One insured person was run over by train and died. The Post Mortem Certificate revealed that there has been some alcoholic substance in his body.
The promised Insured amount was denied by the Insurance Company that there is a alcoholic substance in the PM Certificate.
The District as well as State consumer Forums held that the Insurance company failed to prove that the deceased took alcoholic substance except presence of alcoholic in PM certificate.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Somany Cheating City Limouzines in Andhra

17/9/2009
The Sakshi Paper reports that there are so many cheating City Limouzines in Andhra pradesh. Yet no action is being taken by Police as well as RBI officials to check these unscrupulous activities.
The Govt. of A.P. has authorised all Inspectors of Police in the AP State to take action against such illegal activities under RBI Act, 1934. ..click for G.O...

Cheating using Orkut

Sakshi : 17/9/2009
One person using orkut have cheated somany persons. His modus operandi is to deceive the public with fake IDs and cheat the innocent girls.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Big fraud in the name of computer education

Eenadu:16/9/09

One Micro Soft Multi media - has collected lakhs of Rupees from the students in the name of computer education and turned its board. As a result several lost their lakhs of rupees.

Rs.200 Cr. Fraud in the name of deposits and different schemes

eenadu:16/9/2009
Deposits of Crores of Rupees were mobilised by the city Limouzines India Limited and turned its board by cheating the public.
Deccan Chronicle: 16/9/09

City Limouzines India Limited, a finance company, wound up business in the city on Tuesday by duping scores of customers. The quantum of the financial fraud is yet to be ascertained as the police is yet to verify the transaction books.
About 50 customers, who came to know of the fraud, rushed to the city branch office of the firm at Abids.On noticing the office was closed, they approached the Abids police station. They demanded that the company chairman, Mr Vikas Mehta, be arrested and their money returned to them.
The police booked a case against the company at around 8.30 pm under Section 420 (cheating) of IPC.
According to a complaint lodged with the Abids police, Mr Vikas and others floated the firm with its head office in Mumbai. It is alleged that the company was operating with a fake RBI licence since 2006. Its registered office is said to be located in Mumbai.
An investor from Golnaka, Mr M. Srinivas, said the company's regional manager, Mr Wajid Khan, lured them into investing their money. The company had issued preference shares in the name of City Realcom Limited, and lured gullible investors by asking them to invest a minimum of Rs 1,30,000 with a promise that the investor would get a monthly return of Rs 7775 per Rs 1.30 lakh. The company paid interest every month for three years, but its cheques started bouncing since August.
Another victim of the firm, Mr Layk Ali, blamed the police for its failure to check the menace of fly-bynight firms. "The police punish ordinary motorists, but when it comes to financial fraud, they turn a blind eye. The Abids police does know that a fraud company is operating in its vicinity,"he alleged.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Cheating by TV reporter via Blackmail

Hyderabad : 15/9/2009

Black Mail and cheating by the TV reporter.

One person cheated and black mailed one Advocate and looted cash Rs.1 lakh.

Preplannedly one person called the advocate that one lady is waiting for him at Tarnaka and took photo graphs of Advocate and that lady. Thereafter start blackmailing that he would telecast in TV and demanded and took Rs.1 lakh and again demanded Rs.4 lakh.

Cheating in the name of Ladies emporium

Hyderabad 15/9/2009

Cheating of Rs.30 lakh in the name of Ladies emporium at Kukatpalli.

People are requested be care of such activities.


Beware at ATM centres and Bank

Precautions to be taken at Banks and ATM centres:
1.Do transaction with the Banks authorised by RBI
2.Do verify and check your monthly statements
3. Demand the bank for monthly statements.
4 Don't sponsor unknown persons to Bank
5. Don't give your username and passwords to any third persons.
6. Don't allow third and unknown persons to use your accounts for change of their DDs and cheques because they may be fake, forged or dubious.
7. Don't do sign on the cheques in advance
8. Don't keep your cheques openly.
9. If you find any suspicion or lose of your cheques, immediately place a request before the bank to cancel the cheque leaf.
10. Do verify with the bank that the phone number supplied by you is being used by the bank for your transactions or not.
Cheatings outside Bank
1. After withdrawing money, immediately rush to your destiny and avoid to stop in the enroute
2. Do observe whether any person is following or not
3. Some persons will try to shift our attention with different pleas like Air in tyre is deterioating in your vehicle, Some obnoxious substance in your shirt, you cash fell on the ground, some body call you behind etc. In such circumstances, don't response to that person and go ahead for some distance and confirm it with some other person whom you trust to be genuine.

Rs.80 lakh cheating in the name of chits

Hyderabad: 15/9/2009
One person cheated Rs.80 lakh in the name of chits and high interest. Be careful.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Cheating in the name of Deposits in ICICI Bank

Eenaadu: 11/9/2009
There was a cheating in the name of deposits in ICICI Bank.
The Modus operandi is that one person introduced himself as Executive of ICICI Bank and conviced the Retd. Professor that if the unpaid instalments of insurance be paid, it would be revived and committed cheating of 5 lakhs.

Online fraud of ICICI Bank Account

Eenaadu: 11/9/2009 There was an online cheating of cash Rs.1 lakh in ICICI Bank.

The Modus operandi is that one E-mail request was received by the customer that account details are being updated and asked to furnish the password details. After receipt of the credential details, the amount in the account was credited to other accounts and was withdrawn in Mumbai.

Some fake notes are being received in ATM counters. Please be cautious.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Doctors in Gold Quest fraud

WARANGAL: The GoldQuest scam rocked Warangal district with police booking cases against District Medical and Health Officer Vijayapal, 32 prominent doctors and 30 other professionals for allegedly duping people through the network. The cases were booked at the Geesukonda police station in the district as per the directive of the IIIrd additional magistrate court here on Saturday. In response to a petition filed by a Vijayawada-based NGO — Corporate Frauds Watch Society — the court directed the Geesukonda police to investigate the case and submit a report. They were booked under sections of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act 1978, as well as IPC 420, 385 R/W 34.
According to the complaint, several influential persons like doctors, lawyers and officials of various government departments have joined GoldQuest as member-promoters and are organising meetings and seminars in villages and towns to attract people to join the scheme with false promises.
After joining the scheme by paying huge sums, each member has to enrol more people and buy certain products being distributed by the company. They are promised huge commissions in return. Attracted by glib talk of people known to him, one Chandam Shiv Kumar of Viswanadhapuram village of Geesugonda mandal in the district and one of the petitioners, joined the scheme by paying Rs 32,000 and a registration fee of Rs 460. They gave him a six-gram gold coin and an e-card receipt. When he brought to the organisers' notice that the worth of the gold coin he got was not more than Rs 6,000 and that he was also not getting any commission, they told him that he would get commission only if he enrolled new members. The NGO, after conducting inquiries into the activities of the firm, declared that the scheme was a fraud and being run in gross violation of the Prize, Chits and Money Circulation Act.
The police also booked cases against the GoldQuest managing director, Pushpa Appala Naidu, chief executive officer Vijay Eshwaran, managers Joseph, Padma and Srinivasan.

Around Rs 300 crore swindled was reported this year in 2008 in Andhra Pradesh

Around Rs 300 crore was swindled this year in the state. Crimes by non-banking financial institutions and real estate-related crimes lead the list.Hyderabad, Cyberabad, Vijayawada, Karimnagar, Guntur, West Godavari and Visakhapatnam lead the list for such crimes.According to the statistics of the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB),
Rs 282 crore was swindled by non-banking financial corporations (NBFC), stock market scams and money circulation schemes.
In land scams by individuals around Rs 63 crore was swindled.Cheating cases constitute the majority of crimes at 87 per cent followed by criminal breach of trust at 10 per cent.Around 1,100 to 1,300 offenders have been arrested in these cases this year in the state.
At least 467 cases are under investigation and only 96 cases are chargesheeted.False gift schemes, money circulation schemes, multi- level marketing, promise of high rate of interest on deposits and plantation schemes which are referred to as economic offences, are reportedly on the rise .
A CID official working in the economic offences wing said, “They not only destroy the fiscal system but also the well-knit social fabric of our society. The mental agony is much more than physical pain. Such crimes lead to suicides.”An SCRB official said, “The real estate-related crimes increased this year. Land scams by housing societies and job rackets have increased alarmingly.”“Instructions were issued to all commissioners of police and superintendents of police to book cases against multi-level marketing companies under the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes Banning Act,” he added.
D.C. Article : http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/rs-300-cr-swindled-%E2%80%9908-889

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

how to detect money circulation scheme

Money Circulation Schemes
A scheme of a company by whatever name so called promises money on the event of joining members not only on your personnal efforts of joining members into its scheme but also on the efforts of joining members by downline members. This scheme is nothing but a Money Circulation Scheme banned under the provisions of The Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978.

In Simple terms, if the scheme promises to give money based on joining members is nothing but money circulation banned under the provisions of the
The Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978.

Beware of such scheme. Not only joining but also sponsoring members also punishable under the above law. Please inform the information of such companies to police.

Please refer Judgements of High Courts and Supreme court.
Supreme Court : (2008)8 SCC 708
AP High Court: 2007(4)ALT808(DB)
Madras High Court: M/s.Apple FMCG Vs. State of Tamilnadu and others.

Multi-Level Marketing Fraud Costs Customers Rs 12 Crore in Hyderabad

Hyderabad Police Alert :Jan 07, 2009

A fraud to the tune of Rs 12 crore has been discovered following the arrest of a person who allegedly duped customers by organising schemes of multi-level marketing, police said today.

Kanamarlapudi Surendra Babu alias Gupta was arrested based on a complaint of a customer that the former was cheating people with his marketing schemes, a senior police official said.Surendra Babu, a native of Guntur district established a company Niranthara Amrutha Varshini Marketing Pvt Ltd here in 2006 and got it registered with the Registrar of Firms, Detective Department DCP Praveen Kumar said.

Babu initially attracted people by conducting meetings at his office and lured the gullible customers by offering high returns on various schemes, he said.Initially, he started a scheme in which the customers have to purchase a home appliance product by paying Rs 125 subsequently the same customer had to introduce three new customers for which he would get Rs 75, Kumar said. Gradually, he upgraded the schemes and made the customers believe that his company would give Rs 1,000 per month to them for 12 months.

Surendra Babu spread the schemes among the customers successfully initially and also paid the monthly benefits to first batch. Subsequently, he winded his business without intimating the customers and absconded. As per preliminary investigations, Surendra Babu allegedly cheated many customers to a tune of Rs 12 crore through the schemes of multi-level marketing, Kumar said.A case has been registered against Surendra Babu under various sections of the IPC and Prize Chits and Money Circulation Act (Banning) and further investigations are on.

http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?651151

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Cheating with SMS in the name of our CM

Sakshi News paer : 06/09/2009
A SMS with a request to send the message to 16 persons and get Rs.222.16 credit to your cell phone was spread by Some unscrupulous virus spreading persons.
Interestingly they used the name of our C.M. Rajasekhara Reddy and www.ysr.foundation.com and www.jagan.foundation.com. But after enquiry, it was found a unscrupulous activity to cheat the public. Beware of such SMS and immediately complain to Police.

Cheating in the name of Medical Reports

Deccan Chronicle : 06/09/2009

"WE LOST VALUABLE TIME DUE TO A FALSE MEDICAL REPORT"

Diagnostic centres in the city are often doling out false test reports sending patients into panic mode. Human error in the medical field has ical field has always been a matter of concern, but for all those who thought tests don't lie -- here's news. Forget second opinions on a diagno sis, it pays to take your medical tests more than once too.


A number of Hyderabadis have become victim to the verdicts of false medical reports that afflicted them with maladies they didn't suffer from! Who would've thought that a 21-year-old girl can suffer from osteoporosis. But that's exactly what dental student Zahra Punjani's reports diagnosed her with. "I got a couple of tests done at Vijaya Diagnostic Centre, Himayathnagar. It included an X-ray of my left knee. The reports read -Osteoporosis in "both" knees, when an X-ray of only one knee was taken. When I raised this doubt with the person who handed over the X-ray report to me, he dismissed it off as a `typing error'! Moreover, Osteoarthritis is a joint disease, which is common after the age of 40. Baffled, I walked out of there. My whole family was heartbroken. But when we decided to consult another doctor, I was told that the report was indeed false."
Furious, Zahra headed back to Vijaya Diagnostics and spoke to the head of the radiology department, who after examining the X-ray, told her that she would be given the "correct report" if she returned the "false report" to them. "I spoke to the owner of the diagnostics Centre, Dr Surender Reddy, who told me that it was just a `difference in opinion between doctors' and that while one thought it was a case of osteoarthritis the other did not. But fact remains that it is a test and results were in black and white. We were put through a lot of trauma due to the wrong test results."
Vishan Das, manager of Vijaya Diagnostics, however, completely denies that such an incident took place. "Around 700-800 patients come to our diagnostic centre a single day and we get around 100 samples per day to test. No such case has been brought to our notice, as far as I know." Dr Surender Reddy was unavailable for comment. Not too long ago, a Hyderabadi settled in Bangalore was diagnosed with TB. Her son, P.Gopinath, says, "Six months after the TB medication began, a second round of tests were done in Hyderabad, which proved she actually had lung cancer. We lost a lot of valuable time due to the wrong diagnosis." While the medical fraternity wash their hands off such errors caused due to pure negligence, it is the patients who go through a traumatic experience. Coming to terms with her serious diagnosis was a horrible experience for D. Indiraa, a resident of Noida, who came to visit her parents in Hyderabad recently. "I was suffering from vomiting and headache and I decided to visit Maxivision, Begumpet, for a routine check up. When the reports came, I was told that I have optic atrophy, a condition due to which I could lose my sight eventually. I was shattered at the thought that I might go blind soon. Once in Delhi, I went for a second opinion and the doctor rubbished the frightful diagnosis given by my doctor. I was just recommended corrective glasses!" Dr Kasu Prasad, MD, Maxi Vision Eye Hospital, however, reveals that it is important to get a second test done after the initial diagnosis. "In this particular case, the doctor may have told the patient that she could be suffering from optical atrophy and that she may lose her vision if not treated. Patients are always asked to get a second opinion from a senior doctor before jumping to conclusions. When we give a certain diagnosis, our intention is to make sure our patient doesn't suffer and undergoes necessary treatment."

Consumer court held against Computer shop owner and real estate business owner

Eenadu and Sakshi : 06/09/2009
Consumer Court has awarded against the computer store and real estate business owner.
It was agreed by the computer shop owner to supply parts of computer worth Rs.30,000/- with one year guarantee. But the computer did not work properly within one month of installation. on that the consumer court held against the shop owner.
The real estate owner did not handover the land and showed deficiency in service. On that forum ordered to return back the money with interest.

Courts can monitor Investigation of Criminal Cases

Eenadu 06/09/2009
Supreme Court : - Courts can monitor investigation of criminal cases.

The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India has held that courts can monitor the investigation of a case if they found that there has been an biased and unfair investigation is going on.

The above judgement was delivered by Hon'ble Justice A. Kabir and Justice Siriyak Joseph.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Plea Bargain in Criminal Cases

What is plea bargaining?
It is an exercise to arrive at an agreement in a criminal case in which the prosecutor and the accused assemle to settle a case while the accused agrees to plead guilty or not to contest the charges, the prosecution concedes leniency in punishment in exchnage to the plea.
The prosecution may agree to charge the accused with a crime of lesser degree by dismissing some charges, or can promise leniency in punishment against the original charges.

Biggest Fraud and Biggest Fine

Indian Express : 3/9/2009

Largets fraud in Medicate and medic aid programms in USA.

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LIC Manager Fraud

Indian Express : 3/9/2009
LIC manager and one agent were convicted by the Guwahati court for committing fraud in settling death claims.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs.30,000 and Rs.50,000 on Baro and Takurita respectively.

Multi-Level Marketing Fraud by Film Actor

Indian Express : 3/9/2009

The Money was collected in a Multi-Level Marketing scheme by a film actor and cheated the  public in Orissa.
A Case was booked under "The Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978" in this regard.

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