Thrissur: The homeowners of the web community advertising and marketing firm Highrich, which is underneath the scanner for allegedly working a pyramid-scheme-based multilevel advertising and marketing chain, fled their house moments earlier than officers from the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) arrived for a raid.
Thrissur Cherpu native Okay D Prathapan, who’s the MD of Highrich, and his spouse Sreena Prathapan, who’s the corporate CEO, together with their driver Sharan, fled their house on Tuesday morning. ED officers reached their home for inspection round 10.30 am. Although the couple left the home, ED sleuths continued with the inspection. The officers sought the police’s assist to hint the trio.
The grievance towards the couple is that they laundered Rs 100 crore overseas via hawala transactions. Former Vadakkencherry MLA and Congress chief Anil Akkara filed the case towards them. As per the grievance, they collected crores of rupees from round 1.5 lakh traders. The district further session’s courtroom additionally had instructed to register a case towards the couple primarily based on the complaints filed by traders.
As per experiences, the Thrissur-based firm has dedicated fraud of over Rs 1,600 crore. In response to a police report, Highrich On-line Shoppe Pvt Ltd has been working a cash chain scheme underneath the guise of on-line buying. The Earnings Tax division can also be probing a GST fraud of Rs 126 crore towards Prathapan and Sreena.
There are additionally experiences that the couple fled their house after studying concerning the raid. Anil Akkara has alleged that it’s Cherpu police who leaked the data to the culprits. He additionally accused the police of appearing in tandem with the accused within the case.