Immigration fraud: Healthyway director sent to 1-day police remand

“We have been conducting raids after the company was booked for cheating and forgery on August 13, but so far we have not been able to arrest them,” said a police officer in Sector 36 police station, where seven cases of cheating have been registered against the company. The police is also investigating 42 complaints against the company.

While the company employees are absconding,the Chandigarh police investigators are all set to question various bank officials who had opened fake accounts of dozens of youths on behalf of the company to facilitate the visa process for their clients.

Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ashish Kapoor, who is heading the Special Investigation Team (SIT),said, “So far the role of 13 banks is under scanner and they will be questioned soon for their role.” He added that after going through the various records of the company, they have established a fraud worth Rs 4 to 5 crores. “But we can only assess the true magnitude, once we go through all the records,” he said.

The Healthyway Immigration Consultants is accused of duping scores of youths on the basis of false promises of an easy migration overseas and the company was booked after an input about the massive fraud from the British Embassy.

Fraud victims hold protest,demand immediate action

Sas Nagar: Victims of an immigration fraud,who were duped by an immigration firm on the pretext of sending them to foreign countries held a protest rally in Phase 2,Mohali. The protestors have alleged that Jet Immigration, a firm located in Phase 5, had not refunded their money. The students, many of whom were accompanied by their parents and members of the Shiv Sena, burned an effigy of the immigration firm. The protesting students also tore down hoardings of Healthyway immigration firm whose director was recently arrested by the Chandigarh Police on similar charges. The students and parents alleged that they had paid fees to the firm for sending them abroad. The firm had assured the applicants of full refund in case they were unable to send them abroad. The victims are demanding immediate return of their money and action against the firm.