Ponzi scamsters assistant’s office raided in Ahmedabad

Crime branch officials on Thursday raided the Khamasa office of Tanvir Teermiji, assistant to Ponzi scamster Imtiyaz Saiyed. Teermiji used to work at Saiyed's office but has been on the run since Saiyed's arrest last week.

According to crime branch officials, Teermiji is one of the main agents for the Ponzi promoter. She had collected more than Rs10 crore for Saiyed. However the raid did not yield any result as no suspicious files were found. The police added that the office at Khamasa was not known to anyone.

Sources claimed that Saiyed used to hire goons to manage his money. According to police, Teermiji is absconding but sources claim that she is already under arrest and has been presented before crime branch officials. Police sources also claim that Teermiji is a close relative of Saiyed and one of her relatives is in police department.  

In another case, Anjum Eelahi, one of the agents of Abhay Gandhi, was caught once again in a cheating case on Thursday. Eelahi was arrested on charges of cheating a person of Rs6 lakhs. However, Salim Vohra, another accomplice of Gandhi is yet to be traced by the police.

In new developments, four cases were registered against Shradhha Shaburi, a ponzi scheme by Haresh Panchal. The police also recovered Rs3 lakh from Panchal's wife which she got after selling off her car.  The crime branch has taken up the matter of absconding ponzi agents seriously as it has deployed three teams to catch the 30 agents.