The Noida-Special Task Force (STF) team on Wednesday has arrested two close aides of Anubhav Mittal, the mastermind of 3,726 crore Ponzi scam which was busted on February 2.
They are co-accused and were held responsible for the promotions and other affairs of the company.
The accused were identified as Pramod Kumar Solanki from Hapur and Pramod Kumar Vimal from Ghaziabad. Raj Kumar Mishra, Deputy Superintendent of Police Noida-STF, said, "We came to know about both these from Mittal. We received a tip-off that they were spotted at Yamaha Chowk in Surajpur area. A team of police officials was deployed to the spot and were nabbed successfully."
"When we interrogated both, they told us that they joined the company as an investor but later became active members. They earned a profit of over a crore and the avarice made them open up a company that was linked with Ablaze, with an aim of luring more investors" added Mishra.
The mastermind of scam Anubhav Mittal (26) was arrested along with his two partners, Shridhar Prasad (40) and Mahesh Dayal (25), from Noida. The accused had launched a scheme Socialtrade.biz under which they promised people to join a pyramid scheme and earn while sitting at home in 2015.
They took on people with subscription money ranging from Rs 5,750, Rs 11,500, Rs 28,750 and Rs 57,500.