Korba: The latest scam in the district is the Flora Max Company, which has cheated a women’s group of lakhs of rupees under the guise of an investment by a couple. Both of them borrowed money through credit and went away with cash without repaying the amount. The women have reported the issue to the District Collector and SP in a bid to get an arrest warrant issued against the couple.
This incident is reported to have occurred in Navapara Rogda village. Villagers, including many women, invested a lot of their money in Flora Max Company following enticements from a couple from the same village who said they wanted to invest in the firm. The couple also formed a women’s group, and the group was able to borrow ₹46.31 lakhs from eight banks. To start with, the couple was actually making consistent payments for the initial few months to win the confidence of the women. But over time, they vanished, and the money was gone with them as well.
The worst feeling came when the women began receiving notices of unpaid installments from the various banks. The women found themselves drowned in shock and inability to repay the loan that was advanced to them. They ran to the district authority and lodged a complaint against the husband and wife, and now they wanted the legal laws to be implemented on the couple for the recovery of the said amount.
The Additional Superintendent of Police, Neha Verma, has said that the case is admitted and the authorities are taking it seriously. What is important to know is that only a few days ago, there was a robbery incident at Flora Max Company in one of the city mall offices, which made many people question its legitimacy and activities. Some of the activities undertaken by the company appear to be highly dubious thus exerting pressure on the law enforcing agencies to act on such scams.
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