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Fraudulent Mobilization of Deposits in
the Guise of Providing Goods or Services
A company claiming to be providing online gam-
ing service, formulated a scheme in which inter-
ested persons could ‘subscribe’ to the scheme by
paying a minimum ‘subscription’ of `10000 and
further multiples of the same. The company
gave assurance of minimum 10% interest (called
bonus) every month on the sum provided by such
persons. As per the scheme, the total period for
retention of such deposits, called ‘subscription’,
was thirty months. However, the members were
entitled to refund of the amount on expiry of one ...