Ganjam: A fraudster from Tamil Nadu has been arrested for cheating unemployed youths of Ganjam district by promising them jobs in foreign countries.
The Berhampur police identified the fraudster as Subramanian Veerasamy (45) of TN’s Cuddalore district. Veeraswamy posed as CEO of New Life Way VISA Consultancy Ltd at Pennadam in Cuddalore, ASP Pravat Routray was quoted as saying by The New Indian Express (TNIE).
Subramanian appointed agents at various places through whom he collected original passports of candidates as well as money from job aspirants for Visa processing and purchasing air tickets. The ASP said during the investigation, police found that 20 unemployed youths of Ganjam and other places in the state have paid around Rs 8.51 lakh to the accused’s firm for jobs abroad.
Last year, Manas Ranjan Mohanty of Harsha Vihar in Berhampur came in contact with Subramanian’s agent Sanjay Jena of Bhubaneswar. Sanjay assured Manas that the firm is sending youths to foreign countries like Maldives and Brunei for different jobs. Believing him, the victim handed over necessary documents and Rs 50,000. However, after waiting for months, Manas did not receive an appointment letter. He then lodged a complaint with Bada Bazaar police basing on which Sanjay was arrested in April this year.
Police came to know about the whereabouts of Subramanian during interrogation. Last week, a police team of Berhampur reached Tamil Nadu and apprehended Subramanian from his office at Pennadam on August 6. As many as 27 forged Visas, PAN and ID cards besides a laptop, two mobile phones and four SIM cards were seized from the accused’s office. An amount of Rs 4.75 lakh received by Subramanian in his Axis Bank account has also been frozen.
Subramanian was brought to Odisha on a three-day transit remand and produced in the Berhampur SDJM’s Court on Sunday. Further investigation is on.
