CBI Initiates New Charges Against Three Individuals in Assam Ponzi Scheme Investigation
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New Delhi, Dec 19 (NationPress) The CBI has lodged a Supplementary Chargesheet against three individuals implicated in one of the Ponzi scheme cases in Assam at a Special Court in Guwahati, as stated by an official on Thursday.
The newly filed charges target Chabin Barman, Deepali Talukdar Barman, and Mukesh Aggarwal, all of whom are currently in judicial custody, according to the statement.
Additional evidence has been presented against the previously charged Monalisha Das within the supplementary chargesheet, the statement indicated.
The CBI initiated the investigation on October 14, 2024, following a request from the Assam government, taking over the case originally filed by the Paltan Bazar Police Station on August 21, 2024. This case concerns DB Stock Consultancy, owned by Deepankar Barman, and his close associate Monalisha Das, along with several employees.
The allegations suggest that the accused individuals solicited funds from numerous clients under the guise of guaranteed returns, providing Rs 100 stamp paper as proof.
Complaints emerged from clients who had not received regular payments over the last three months.
One complainant reported investing Rs 1 crore, with several thousand others also investing significant amounts in the organization, only to find that the accused had vanished with their investments.
The investigation has uncovered that DB Stock Consultancy, under Deepankar Barman, has been accepting public deposits with promises of high fixed returns, claims the CBI.
This firm, along with its key management, has been taking deposits through five unregulated schemes, amassing over Rs 400 crore.
Further inquiries revealed that the charged Monalisha Das participated in a criminal conspiracy with the accused to defraud thousands by soliciting deposits under false pretenses of high returns.
Chabin Barman, his wife Deepali Talukdar Barman, and their son Deepankar Barman were involved in promoting the unregulated scheme during a promotional event in Guwahati.
Barman delivered a speech to attract deposits into the scheme, collaborating with his son to run it for financial gain, collecting proceeds from both DB Stock Consultancy and Deepankar's accounts.
Deepali Talukdar Barman was also active in promoting and managing the unregulated scheme, channeling the proceeds into real estate and other ventures for personal benefit.
Mukesh Agarwal, a Chartered Accountant, conspired with Deepankar Barman to hide the scheme's proceeds within the firm's accounts.
Under Deepankar's directions, Agarwal created fake invoices and misclassified illicit funds as loans in the firm's records. He also generated fraudulent financial documents and manipulated IT and GST returns for Deepankar Barman, further facilitating the concealment of the scheme's proceeds.
