Thomas (Special correspondent)
The CCB officials on Tuesday arrested a conman and his sister who were cheating people luring them with tour packages through a chain link business module .
Senior officer told reporters based on a tip off a team of police raided Royal dream to fly private limited,office in Sir M Vishweshwaraiah layout in Annapoorneshwari Nagar police station limits and arrested Prashanth B and his sister .
During investigation it was found that the accused had cheated many people in Chandra Layout earlier and a case has been registered against him .
However after the police investigations,he shifted his base to Girinagar and using the same Modus Operandi he cheated many before shutting down the shop .
He later started the office in AP Nagar in the name of his sister and mother and lured many people offering them basic membership fees in return for freebies and trips to many international holiday destinations .
The accused also offered 25 per cent of the profit from his business if they introduced more and more members to his business module .
Lured by this offer many people paid membership fees and introduced others to the business module .
However, few of the members realized that Prashanth was taking them for a ride and approached the police and based on the complaint the team acted swiftly and arrested both and further investigation is on.
Finally Bengaluru City Police Commissioner,
Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP,Crime, Sandeep Patil,and Economic offence wing officers and staff who has done a exemplary work in nabbing the two fraudsters without any hint to the accused and for the commendable job done by them a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
