Mumbai police registers 2nd FIR against Ukrainian actor accused Torres fraud case

When EOW officials arrested him on January 28 from the Versova area, he claimed to be an Indian national claiming his parents lived here.
Later, police also found a birth certificate from his possession. When police sent a copy of the certificate to the F-South ward of BMC to check its veracity, they learned that it was bogus. He had submitted this bogus certificate to obtain a passport for which he had made an online application, states the FIR.

The Bhoiwada police registered a case of cheating and forgery against him on Friday.

Atayin, who is currently in judicial custody, is accused of helping other Ukrainian masterminds who allegedly duped over 12,000 investors of more than Rs 125 crore.

Atayin is an actor by profession and has also worked in some Hindi movies. He is the sixth person to be arrested in the case.

His interrogation revealed that he has been living in Mumbai for the last 10 years without any valid documents. He did small action roles in some Hindi movies too.

“Atayin was responsible for helping the Ukrainian national—accused in the fraud case—to settle down in Mumbai when they came here. He provided them with logistics support,” said an EOW officer who is part of the investigation.

It was also revealed that Atayin was the one who introduced CA Abhishek Gupta and accused CEO Tausif Reyaz to Ukrainian masterminds and was also paid for this job.

The foreigner accused was also present at the first two meetings of the Ukraine masterminds. He was also present at the inauguration of the Torres office in Dadar.

Thousands of people from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Mira-Bhayandar regions have lost crores of rupees to the fraud, which was allegedly carried out by Ukrainian masterminds.

Eight Ukrainians and a Turkish national are wanted in the case. The Mumbai police recently managed to get an Interpol Blue Corner notice issued against them.

The Ukrainian masterminds of the Torres fraud are suspected to have sent Rs 200 crore abroad, as claimed in the emails sent by alleged whistleblowers to the police and other law enforcement agencies before the matter became public.