Magistrate orders probe on 12 agents of bogus marketing cos

Imphal | July 4 : After crores of rupees have been swindled from the gullible public of Manipur through bogus companies and absconding, the Imphal West chief judicial magistrate has ordered an inquiry in which twelve persons have been named as the main baiters.
Chief judicial magistrate of Imphal West district, Salam Imocha Singh, has directed the district police to investigate the involvement of twelve persons who had conned the people of the state of nearly thirty eight crore through multi-layered marketing companies and transaction systems such as Unipay, Unigold, Visarev etc., senior advocate Kh Mani told the press today.
They twelve persons have been charged with cheating and laundering under section 406, 417, 420, 120 (B) and 34 of the IPC. About 38 crore had been collected dishonestly from the public through bogus companies between July-December 2010. Suspiciously, the companies are all headquartered at Malaysia with branches in Bangalore. These companies have suddenly disappeared from December 2010 without clearing the dues of the investors which ran into crore, said the senior advocate.
Two months later about 3.27 crore were refunded by the companies but the remaining 34.62 crore due to the investors have not been returned, he added. Among the twelve accused, while six are the main agents of the money laundering system another six are the sub-agents.
While the six accused who are the main agents have been identified as Kumar Kom, 45, s/o RK Ibohal of New Chekon Chasat Avenue road; Nameirakpam Victor, 43, s/o N Pramodchandra of Singjamei; Sagolsem Robindro, 38, s/o Nobin of Yairipok; Keshav Kanti Sarma, 43, s/o Akhila Prasad of ASEB colony quarter no type V/07/SF-1 Guwahati; Heingam Tolen Singh, 31, s/o H Tombabu of Leihaopokpi village,
Heilakandhi district of Assam and RK Jiranjit, 38, s/o RK Dorendra Singh of Moirangkhong Loklaobung the sub-agents have been identified as Mayengbam Romesh, 35, s/o M Khomei of Wabagai; Kh Basanta Meitei, 43, s/o Nandagopal of Kwakeithel; Oinam Rajesh, 26, s/o O Omar of Bashikhong; T Saratchandra Singh, 47, s/o ST Nadyachand Singh of Lilong Chaging; Laishram Kaoba, 45, s/o (L) Tomba of Langthabal and Yumnam Nganthoibi Devi, 38, w/o Laishram Kaoba of Langthabal.



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