CBI Files Supplementary Chargesheet in DB Stock Consultancy Ponzi Scam, Expands Investigation

NEW DELHI: The CBI filed a supplementary chargesheet today against three more persons involved in the sensational DB Stock Consultancy Ponzi scam. The three - Chabin Barman, Deepali Talukdar Barman and Mukesh Aggarwal - are currently behind bars in judicial custody. Further evidence of Monalisha Das is also present in the chargesheet that had already been implicated in the case earlier.

Investigation traced back its origin from the primary complaint lodged in August 2024 at Paltan Bazar Police Station, Assam. The complainants have said that DB Stock Consultancy led by Deepankar Barman had lured the investors into their trap with an assurance of assured returns on their investments.

For this, the consultancy offered them fraudulent Rs. 100 stamp papers as evidence of transactions. However, the investors soon realized that promised returns were not being paid, and many did not get anything at all.

The complainants, one of whom had invested Rs. 1 crore, revealed that thousands of investors had to face this type of fraud, with estimated money amounting to thousands of crores.

In October 2024, the CBI took over the investigation and proved that DB Stock Consultancy was running five unregulated schemes against the public with huge return promises. However, DB Stock Consultancy failed to return the promised returns, resulting in a huge financial loss amounting to more than Rs. 400 crores suffered by the investors.

Charge-sheeted members of the family, Chabin Barman and his wife Deepali Talukdar Barman and their son Deepankar Barman, actively engaged themselves in promoting fraud schemes.

The Barmans run promotional programs, one among which was held at GMCH, Guwahati, to collect investments. The family used ill-gotten money for personal benefit, including investment in immovable properties.

The investigation is still going on, and the CBI is collecting evidence and further expanding its probe into other individuals involved in the scam.

This chargesheet is an important development in the case, and the CBI is very keen to bring those responsible for this huge financial deception to book. The scam, which affected thousands of investors across Assam, remains one of the biggest Ponzi schemes ever reported in the region.

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