Part time job scam: ED raids 12 Bengaluru-based entities linked to China, seizes Rs 5.9 crores

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Oct 04, 2022: Rs 5.85 crore has been seized by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after it conducted searches on 12 entities in Bengaluru in connection with part-time job fraud case.

During the probe, ED found that most young people were cheated by some Chinese nationals through a mobile application - "Keepsharer" which promised them to give a part-time job and collected money from them.

 

"These Chinese people formed companies in India and recruited many Indians as directors, translators (for translating Mandarin to English and vice versa), HR Manager and Tele callers. They obtained the documents of Indian persons and opened bank accounts by using their documents," the ED said.

The accused Chinese persons developed a mobile application in the name of "Keepsharer" and started its advertisement through WhatsApp and Telegram by offering part-time job opportunity to the youth. This app was linked with an investment app. For registration on this app, they collected money from youth. Further, they collected money from public also in the name of investment through this app.

The youth were given the task of liking the videos of celebrities and uploading them on social media. When the task was completed, they used to pay Rs 20 per video. For some time, money got credited in their application wallet but later the app was removed from the Google Playstore. The officials have alleged that the public was cheated with their investment amount and the remuneration to be paid, which ran into crores of rupees.

"The money collected through a scam was routed from the bank accounts of some Bengaluru-based companies and then converted into cryptocurrency and transferred to China-based Crypto exchanges. All the transactions were under control of Chinese persons through phone and WhatsApp groups," added the ED.

The ED’s case is based on the FIR registered by the Bengaluru Police. As per the chargesheet filed by the police, out of 92 accused persons, six are citizens of China and Taiwan who were controlling the entire scam.

Courtesy: India Today