Investor Alert: Pune Resident Duped of Rs 1.27 Crore in Rs 50 Crore ONGC Tender Fraud
Deccan, 17th May 2023: A shocking case of fraud involving an investment scam has been uncovered, where a couple duped an individual of a staggering amount of Rs 1 crore 27 lakh.
The accused, identified as Ashlesha Dharmesh Shah and Dharmesh Prafullchandra Shah, residents of Baroda, Gujarat, allegedly lured the victim with false promises of securing a Rs 50 crore tender in the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) company in Gujarat.
Vikram Raghunath Nalavde, a 46-year-old resident of Aundh, Pune, filed a complaint at the local police station regarding this fraudulent scheme. The incident took place between December 2019 and December 2022.
According to the police investigation, the accused couple conspired to deceive Nalavde during the aforementioned period. They presented a letterhead to the victim, falsely claiming that Dharmesh Shah was a representative of ONGC company in Gujarat.
Based on this ruse, they promised Nalavde a tender worth Rs 50 crore in the company, convincing him to hand over a total of Rs 1 crore 27 lakh 50 thousand in cash and through RTGS transactions.
However, the couple betrayed Nalavde by failing to provide him with the promised ONGC tender and refusing to return the money he had paid. Additionally, the complaint states that they stole a signed cheque from Nalavde and altered the amount to Rs 2 crore 57 lakh 69 thousand, attempting to cash it at a bank.
With the help of Adv Parimal Deshmukh, Nalavade filed a complaint at Deccan Police Station. An FIR has been registered against the accused for offences under sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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