Guwahati: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet in the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate at Kamrup in Guwahati against 13 accused.
The accused include the MD, the director of a private company and others on charges of duping people.
On May 9, 2014, a case was registered with the CBI following the order of Supreme Court passed on hearing WP (C) No. 401/2013 & WP (C) No. 413/2013.
Earlier, the officials of Assam Police were conducting the investigation against the company, which had its base in Guwahati and headquarters in Kolkata.
''It was alleged in the case that the accused had started its business of collecting money from the public illegally through various agents under the cover schemes claimed to be for product booking,'' CBI spokesperson RC Joshi said in a statement on Wednesday.
"The accused companies managed to collect a huge amount of money with an assurance to pay back with lucrative interest without any guarantor and without permission of RBI and SEBI", Joshi added.
He further stated that none of the customers had received any product against the money and the scheme was allegedly planned to cheat the public money to the tune of Rs. 238 crore.
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