Bhubaneswar: On the request of Economic Offences Wing, Bhubaneswar, Bureau of Immigration (BOI) has issued Look out Circular against accused persons, Bhiku Bisoi and Manikandan, both Directors of M/s Kinney Infotech Pvt. Ltd. on charges of running a fake job racket.
The EOW had took over the investigation of the case from Bhanjanagar Police Station. It had been alleged that M/s Kinney Infotech Pvt. Ltd. through its office bearers had collected huge amount of money from a large number of Job seekers for providing job/work from home opportunity, etc. and subsequently duped the job seekers to the tune of more than one crore.
Investigation of the case revealed that during the year 2021, accused persons namely Bhiku Bisoi, a native of Ganjam District, and Manikandan of Chennai being the Directors of M/s Kinney Infotech Pvt. Ltd. opened its office at Bhanjanagar and employed some agents to persuade the common people to invest with their company with false assurance of providing the job/work from home, etc.
Being allured, a large number of the unemployed mass had invested crores of rupees with the company with the hope to get a job. But the accused persons misappropriated the invested amounts, closed the office and fled away.
The accused persons are also directors of following other companies.
BISOYI FOOD & BEVERAGE PRIVATE LIMITED
BISOYI REAL ESTATE PRIVATE LIMITED
BISOYI GIFTS & ENTERTAINMENT PRIVATELIMITED
GOMATA DAIRY PRIVATE LIMITED
INDOBRITT TEXTILES PRIVATE LIMITED
BISOYI ELECTRONICS PRIVATE LIMITED
KINNEY INFOTECH PRIVATE LIMITED
It is suspected that the accused persons are hiding/ absconding in Malaysia.
In the above case, so far more than 100 duped investors have been identified who have been cheated of more than Rs. 1 crore. The Court of SDJM, Bhanjanagar has issued NBW against both the accused – Bhiku Bisoi and Manikandan. Four office bearers of the M/s Kinney Infotech Pvt. Ltd. engaged in unauthorized collection of public deposits have been arrested and forwarded to court. They are still in judicial custody.
The EOW has also requested that anyone giving credible information leading to arrest of the above noted accused persons will be suitably rewarded. The information can be given on the Mobile number 9439216451. The name/details of the informer will be kept secret.
