Mumbai: Mumbai Police is probing thealleged role of actor Boman Irani's son in the Rs 425-crorescam allegedly spearheaded by a multi-level marketing firmQNet, in which he earned a "substantial amount of money", asenior police official said today.
Complainant Gurupreet Singh Anand, who had filed anFIR against the QNet in August last year, today approached theprobing agency, Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW),with a two-page complaint giving the details of alleged linksof Danesh, the son of Bollywood actor Boman Irani, with thescheme.
In the written complaint, he alleged that Daneshpromoted and propagated the scheme along with his fatherBoman, though according to police the actor is not the memberin the scheme.
"Boman Irani has no role in the QNet case. His sonDanesh earned a substantial amount of money through QNet andwe are probing his role," Additional Police Commissioner (EOW)Rajvardhan Sinha told PTI.
Police is now seeking the bank account details ofDanesh.Gurupreet has alleged that Boman Irani and formerworld billiards champion Michael had participated in thepromotional events.
"As the people like Boman and Michael were involvedwith the QNet, many people got attracted to the scheme. Hence,they should also be prosecuted in the case and this is thereason why I wanted to expose them," Gurupreet told PTI.
He claimed he had shared Danesh Irani's QNetmembership details with the investigators and his account hadshown that he carried out Rs 18 crore worth transactions andbecause of which he received substantial amount of commission.The EOW has already issued a look out notice againstFerreira (75), QNET founder Vijay Eswaran and his threebusiness associates after they did not turn up for questioningdespite the summons served to them.
The EOW has arrested nine team leaders of QNet so farfor allegedly duping investors by selling products likemagnetic disks, herbal products and holiday schemes throughfraudulent practises.
QNet has also been accused of using the banned binarypyramid business model for their multi-level marketing (MLM)schemes to entice investors.
The accused were charged with cheating and forgeryunder relevant sections of the Prize, Chits and MoneyCirculation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978.
The Malaysia-based MLM firm has denied any wrongdoing.The lookout notice is a circular issued against aperson when he/she is wanted by police either for questioningor for the purpose of arrest in any case.
It is circulated at all immigration checks atinternational borders (like airports/sea ports) and as soon asthe person is spotted, the authorities concerned are notified.
Complainant Gurupreet Singh Anand, who had filed anFIR against the QNet in August last year, today approached theprobing agency, Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW),with a two-page complaint giving the details of alleged linksof Danesh, the son of Bollywood actor Boman Irani, with thescheme.
In the written complaint, he alleged that Daneshpromoted and propagated the scheme along with his fatherBoman, though according to police the actor is not the memberin the scheme.
Police is now seeking the bank account details ofDanesh.Gurupreet has alleged that Boman Irani and formerworld billiards champion Michael had participated in thepromotional events.
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He claimed he had shared Danesh Irani's QNetmembership details with the investigators and his account hadshown that he carried out Rs 18 crore worth transactions andbecause of which he received substantial amount of commission.The EOW has already issued a look out notice againstFerreira (75), QNET founder Vijay Eswaran and his threebusiness associates after they did not turn up for questioningdespite the summons served to them.
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QNet has also been accused of using the banned binarypyramid business model for their multi-level marketing (MLM)schemes to entice investors.
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The Malaysia-based MLM firm has denied any wrongdoing.The lookout notice is a circular issued against aperson when he/she is wanted by police either for questioningor for the purpose of arrest in any case.
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