Beware! scamster on the prowl again
King of all scams, Zaheer Rana, who was jailed for five years has returned to cheat more people; an auto driver who was defrauded of Rs 1.4 lakh files application with police commissioner
Vipul.Rajput
Posted On Friday, February 03, 2012 at 02:28:48 AM
A master impostor who cheated people of crores of rupees through his multi-level marketing schemes and went to jail for it, is back to doing what he does best. Zaheer Rana, who is on the run, has already defrauded many gullible investors. One of his victims, an auto-rickshaw driver, has gathered the courage to file an application against the powerful scamster.
Irfan Arab was promised 9.5 per cent interest per month on his investment of Rs 1.4 lakh
According to an application filed with the police commissioner on Thursday, 32-year-old Irfan Hussain Arab, a Juhapura resident, has accused Rana, the CEO of Dorado Marketing Pvt Ltd and Director Rupesh Chauhan of cheating him of Rs 1.4 lakh by promising him handsome returns.
Irfan said he had also filed applications around a month back with the top cop’s office and Crime Branch, but no action had been taken in this regard.
The accused had set up office of Dorado Marketing at Srikrishna Complex in Navrangpura, luring people to invest money with 9.5 per cent interest per month. Rana had also floated a scheme, Kasa Upvan, through a company named ZR’s Shanti Procon Ltd, whereby plots ranging from 150 sq yards to 5,000 sq yards near Nal Sarovar road were offered to investors.
Jailhouse rock
Jailed for five years on charges of cheating people through his multi-level marketing scheme run through Remo Marketing, Rana was released almost four years ago. He got into retail chain business. But when that did not click, he set up Dorado and Shanti Procon.
Recalling the sequence of events, Irfan told Mirror, “Mufiz, a supervisor in the company, came to my house and promised to get me huge profits if I invested in their schemes. Subsequently, on February 20, last year, I went to their Navrangpura office, where I met Rana and Chauhan. I was shown many lucrative schemes.”
He was given three options: He could invest in land at Nal Sarovar by paying Rs 5,000 per month for five years or invest in FMCG products that they supplied in different malls and earn part of the profits or earn 9.5 per cent interest per month on his deposit.
“I was so taken in by Rana’s schemes that I sold my bike, pawned ornaments in the house and also took money from friends. I accumulated Rs 1,40,000 which I handed to Rana for 9.5 per cent interest per month,” the 32-year-old said.
The auto driver still has two cheques signed by Chauhan that he could never encash. One of Rs 90,000 of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Navrangpura branch dated 20/01/2012 and another cheque of Rs 50,000 dated 20/12/2011 of Axis Bank, Satellite branch. He was asked to deposit the cheques only when he was informed, but the time never came.
Cheque-mated
Zaheer Rana
Rana won Irfan’s trust after he gave him two cheques of Rs 13,500 for February and March, which were subsequently cleared. On April 20, 2011, Chauhan again handed him a cheque of Rs 13,500 of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Navrangpura. But told him to deposit it only when told.
That was the last Irfan had heard of his money. From May to November, the ‘Dorados’ made him run from one place to other with some excuse or other, but his money never came back.
Finally, when it was took too much to take, Irfan told them that he was no more interested in the interest and asked them to return his principal amount.
That was the last straw. Since then they shut shop and have been on the run. He later came to know that they had cheated many other people. But they did not come forward for fear of reprisal.
Zaheer Rana sent messages to Irfan’s mobile phone
“It finally dawned on me that I was taken for a royal ride. I faxed an application to the CP’s office and sent an application by post to the Crime Branch. When no action was initiated for over a month, I sent an application to the police chief’s office again on Thursday.”
Irfan said that he has around 20 messages from Rana or Chauhan promising to return his money.
When this reporter called up Chauhan to get his side of the story, he said, “I don’t know anyone by the name of Irfan Arab or have received any money from such a person.”
When pressed more, he said, “I too have a journalistic background” and cut the phone.
About the letter, Crime Branch ACP Mayur Chavda said, “We’ve not received any such letter.”
JCP Sector 1 Ajay Tomar said, “I am not in the know of any such application. I will have to check and if I come to know of any such matter, I will definitely look into it.”
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