SpeakAsia got e-surveys done right in Mumbai

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the city police has learnt that the e-surveys provided by SpeakAsia to its panelists to earn reward points were designed and prepared in Dadar, and not in Singapore as claimed by the scam-battling company’s officials.
 

The finding is based on an arrested web designer’s confession. According to EOW sources, Nayan Khandor, the director of Brand Saloon Inc in Dadar (W) and a web designer, met SpeakAsia CEO Manoj Sharma in February 2010. He was given the task of creating e-surveys and e-magazines for the firm.

 “He told us that initially, he was paid Rs 10,000 a month.But his last cheque was for Rs 1.50 lakh. This means that he had increased his survey rates after SpeakAsia became popular and more people started investing in it,” said an EOW official on the condition of anonymity.

 “Sharma’s claims that SpeakAsia surveys were taken by a client in Singapore are baseless and false. We have recovered several surveys from Khandor’s place and have also seized his laptop, which has been sent to the forensics department for analysis,” said Rajvardhan, additional commissioner of police, EOW.
 Khandor created and sent surveys via e-mail to Sharma in Delhi, who passed them on to another software company in Mumbai.

This firm then uploaded the surveys on SpeakAsia’s website. “Khandor has admitted to his involvement in the fraud,” said Rajvardhan.