Healthyway Immigration fraud - Consultant scanned bank papers, changed phone nos

The investigations into the Healthyway immigration fraud have revealed that fake documents were allegedly prepared by the aides of the consultant on their own.
Deputy superintendent of police (CID) Anil Joshi said, “On tallying the specimens taken from various banks with the loan documents processed by the immigration consultant, we found that the two did not match.“
The bank authorities asserted that even though the name of their branch was mentioned on the documents, these were not signed by any of their officials. After getting the verification of the documents from banks, the Chandigarh Police on Thursday raided different offices of Healthyway.
Joshi said the genuine loan papers were scanned and later used as forged documents. In an attempt to make the exercise foolproof, the consultant would replace the telephone numbers of the bank with that of its own people. In case an embassy or applicant called on these numbers the consultant's men would answer the call.
The fact came to light after the special investigating teams visited banks in Punjab and Haryana. It was revealed that 197 documents out of 261 were fake. Forty-seven loan documents of Oriental Bank of Commerce, Gharunda; two in State Bank of Patiala, Chandimandir; five in Oriental Bank of Commerce, Kharar; 112 in Oriental Bank of Commerce, Rajpura; were found to be fake.
Only one document -in Syndicate Bank, Sector 30 -was found to be genuine.
Applicants who made it to foreign shores through Healthyway may face legal proceedings to the extent of deportation, for the police have decided to write to the foreign embassies through the administration to verify whether the documents used for immigration were genuine or not.

Healthyway Immigration Racket + Scam + Fraud

UT police identify immigration consultants sending almost half of applicants abroad on forged papers
The Chandigarh police on Wednesday claimed to have identified several immigration consultants who were sending applicants abroad on the basis of forged documents. Addressing the media, UT SSP Naunihal Singh said one out of every two applicants was sent abroad by these firms through fake documents.
He, however, did not divulge names of the firms, saying that it would be done after obtaining adequate evidence.
He stated that there were about 600 immigration consultants in the city and around 100 in SAS Nagar.
Regarding the Healthyway Immigration racket, the SSP said the prime accused would make students apply for courses which were not even offered by foreign colleges. In some cases, the accused made candidates apply for courses they were not eligible for, thus delaying the process of sending them abroad even after taking money.
Meanwhile, the special investigation team (SIT) constituted by the Chandigarh police for looking into the Healthyway case will now deal with all cases of immigration fraud. The team is headed by DSP (CID) Anil Joshi.
FAKE DOCUMENTS During a verification of documents of bank branches in Punjab and Haryana, teams of the UT police found a majority of them fake. As many as 47 loan documents of Oriental Bank of Commerce, Gharaunda (Karnal) were found fake, besides two of State Bank of Patiala (Chandimandir), five of OBC (Kharar), 112 of OBC (Rajpura), one of Punjab National Bank (SAS Nagar), and 14 of Allahabad Bank (Ambala).
Even as two more cases of cheating were registered against phase-6 based Jet International Placement Services, on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases registered against the firm to 22, police fail to make any headway. The accused are yet to be arrested. Police on Wednesday registered a case under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 120b (conspiracy) of the IPC and Section 24 of the Immigration Act against Jet International Placement Services owner Deepak Arora.
Since June, police have been receiving complaints against the firm. Despite registering 22 cases against Arora, and his colleagues Karandeep Singh, Madhu and Pooja Munjal, who run four offices under name of Jet International Placement Services, Jet Finance, Jet Immigration and Jet IELTS in SAS Nagar, the police have failed to arrest them.
On Wednesday, a Patiala resident, Devinder Kumar, and a resident of Ludhiana, Jaswinder Singh, alleged that they had paid Rs 1 lakh and Rs 1.20 lakh, respectively, to the firm for sending them abroad. However, the firm failed to send them abroad and even return their money.

Fraud Healthyway Immigration director Amit Kakkar to judicial custody till September 6

Local Court on Tuesday sent Healthyway Immigration director Amit Kakkar to judicial custody till September 6. Appearing before the court on behalf of UT police, sub-inspector Lakhweer Singh sought the police remand of the accused for two days more, stating that they are yet to recover education certificates of one of the complainant and stamps that were used in preparing the forged documents.

However, judicial magistrate Pritpal Singh, after hearing both the parties, observed that on August 21 police had sought the remand of the accused on the same ground and it's since August 17 that the police had been extending Kakkar's remand.

Therefore, the court, dismissing the police plea for police remand, sent the accused to judicial custody. Kakkar was arrested by police on August 16 after one Mandeep Singh, a resident of Sangrur, charged the company with cheating his wife of Rs 1.85 lakh.

The police have registered seven different cases of cheating and forgery against the accused.
So far, police have received 60 various complaints of forgery and cheating against the immigration consultant, Kakkar.

Healthyway Immigration Company a Fraud Company

IMMIGRATION FIRM LURED PROSPECTIVE IMMIGRANTS BY OFFERING AIR TICKETS, IELTS COACHING, PROCESSING OF PAPERS FREE OF COST ( )
People from across the region come to Chandigarh, one of the hubs of immigration centres, in search of a genuine company NAUNIHAL SINGH

Healthyway Immigration Company in Sector 42 embroiled in the visa racket scam was literally throwing the bait at the prospective immigrants wanting to explore greener pastures abroad.Preliminary investigations by the Chandigarh Police have revealed that the company was allegedly netting the clients by offering them free air tickets and other freebies.
The company had in fact put on posters in front of its offices announcing the free offers.
One of the posters promised one way free air ticket to those applying through Healthyway for studying in New Zealand.
The company was also promising the payment of embassy charges for studying in the same country.
ILETS coaching, too, was being offered to the immigrants free of cost who were getting their papers processed through Healthyway.
For building up its reputation, the company also claimed it had to its credit the highest number of UK visa. The company went up to the extent of promising jobs in foreign lands to the immigrants.
The company had set up a placement provider branch for offering these services.
The consultation was also being offered free of cost.
The company concentrating on Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and New UT SSP Zealand emphasised on education visas.
According to sources in the police, the major clients of the company were aspirants from Punjab. “People from across he region come to Chandigarh, one of the hubs of immigration centres, in search of a genuine company,“ said UT senior superintendent of police Naunihal Singh.
To woo the aspirants, companies tend to give free offers to them.

HEALTHYWAY IMMIGRATION Fake Document SCAM

POLICE QUESTIONS 25 EMPLOYEES REGARDING THE PROCEDURE ADOPTED BY HEALTHYWAY IMMIGRATION
Local police on Monday constituted 14 teams to visit various bank branches in Punjab and Haryana in connection with the issuance of fake documents in the Healthyway Immigration scam.The teams are expected to carry out the checks starting Tuesday.They will also be probing the role of financers and agents acting as middlemen between the agent and the banks.

Elaborating, senior superintendent of police Naunihal Singh said the teams would verify whether the norms were followed while issuing the documents to the prospective applicants. They would also check whether the documents for issuance of education loans were prepared on genuine addresses or fake addresses were furnished so as to enable a particular branch to issue loan certificates.

The DSP (CID) Anil Joshi said police also carried out fresh raids at the offices of Healthyway Immigration after quizzing the employees. Chandigarh police questioned at least 25 employees, including women, regarding the procedure adopted by Healthyway. They were also questioned about their responsibilities and nature of duties. The questioning continued from 6pm till 11:30pm.

Sources in the police said during the raid it also came to light that at least seven visas processed by Healthway Immigration were turned down by the embassies of various countries due to insufficient funds. The development is significant as the company would make a commitment to aspirants regarding the issuance of visa after putting in sufficient funds in their bank accounts.

Healthyway Immigration consultant Amit Kakkar was booked on August 13 for allegedly luring people in the name of sending them abroad and allegedly using fake documents for the process. Police have booked Kakkar, his wife Swati Kakkar and others. Sources in the police said at least 60 complaints against the consultant were being looked into which may involve finances up to Rs 1 crore.

Sources said in most cases it was found that papers were prepared for the aspirants but their visa application was rejected repeatedly. The reason cited for the rejection was the alleged use of fake documents provided by the consultant.

Number of cases: 7 Number of complaints: 70
August 13: Healthyway Immigration owner Amit Kakkar in the dock for allegedly using fake documents for sending aspirants abroad.
Kakkar and others booked by the police in two separate cases.
August 16: Chandigarh Police registers three more cases against Kakkar. Kakkar surrenders in court.
August 18: The functioning of more than 14 banks in Punjab comes under scanner of Chandigarh police. Out of 252 certificates issued, 248 were allegedly fake.
August 18: Healthway immigration scam gets new investigating officer DSP (CID) Anil Joshi.
August 19: Police seal another branch of the immigration consultant in the name of Career Abroad.
August 21: Police writes to the UT administration to get in touch with ministry of external affairs demanding the cancellation of licence of the company and blacklisting it for future.
August 22: Police conduct fresh raids till late night and quiz 25 employees of the firm.

Scam by Healthyway Immigration

The UT Administration has decided to take up the issue of alleged visa scam by Healthyway Immigration with the union ministry of external affairs.
The ministry will be apprised of the modus operandi of the immigration company on how got forged documents prepared.
The Chandigarh Police have written to the administration to get in touch with MEA, while demanding cancellation of licence of the company and blacklisting it.
The officials said after they shared information with the embassy officials, the latter asserted that they too have received complaints about the particular immigration agency.
The investigations have also brought to light alleged use of fake loan certificates from the banks.
So far, the police have found that of the 252 loan documents provided by different banks, 248 were fake. It has also brought the functioning of nationalized banks and its branches across the region under the police scanner. UT POLICE WRITES TO BANKS Claiming that 70% of total financial documents the police have recovered from Healthyway Immigration office are allegedly forged, the UT police have decided to write to chief managers of the banks from where the documents were procured The authorities are also verifying whether the manager were authorized to clear the hug amount of loans or not. The claim that an education loan ca be cleared only within 20 km o bank's jurisdiction, but the documents reveal that the loan documents have been provided t the residents of other cities.
In some cases, the immigration agency has allegedly bee issuing loan sanction letters, which were not furnished by banks, investigation reveal.The authorities are in touch with the Regional Passport Officer to check th genuineness of passports tha are in their possession.

Healthyway Immigration fraud - Travel agents exploit loopholes in system

Money deposited in the accounts of applicants only to be withdrawn later, as embassies rarely keep check on deposits
The weeklong investigations carried out by the Chandigarh Police into the Healthyway immigration fraud have revealed a systematic approach adopted by travel agents to exploit loopholes in the international immigration system to literally smuggle people to foreign countries without proper documents.

The police are planning to write to the high commissions of UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to bring to their knowledge the modus operandi adopted by immigration agent Amit Kakkar.

The immigration agents took advantage of the “trust“ the countries reposed in the system. The preliminary probe reveals that the travel agents prepared bank documents to show financial capabilities of applicants to sustain themselves in a foreign country by depositing money in their accounts only to take out the amount at a later stage. Sources in the police assert that majority applicants are from Sangrur, Patiala, Ludhiana and Ferozepur districts of Punjab, besides from Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The police claimed that Amit Kakkar, prime accused in case, revealed that depending upon the case they used to deposit money in the saving back account.
Investigating officer DSP (CID) Anil Joshi said for procuring financial documents, the immigration agent would deposit Rs 9 lakh in the bank account of the applicant and demand only Rs 1 lakh from the applicant. For the purpose, the agents would charge 7% commission from the applicant, which would come at around Rs 70,000 for a Rs 10-lakh amount.

The money would then be then converted into fixed deposit of Rs 10 lakh. On the basis of the fixed deposit, the applicant would apply for and get 90% loan sanctioned, which would come at around Rs 9 lakh. Joshi added that in the process the agents would procure important documents of fixed deposit and loan document, which the embassies generally see to evaluate the financial ability of a candidate to sustain himself during his stay in the foreign land.

The documents would be then sent to the embassies. The need for such documents was being felt all the more ever since some countries, including UK, tightened immigration rules.

UT senior superintendent of police Naunihal Singh said, “As the countries seldom get back to check whether the amount is still in the bank or not, the travel agents exploited this loophole in the system. Soon after obtaining visa, the immigration agents would cancel the fixed deposits and withdraw the amount.“ Sources in the police said the travel agents would get blank cheques signed by the immigrants before they fly out of the country, so that the former are unable to take the advantage of the situation. The investigations have also revealed a possible nexus between the banks, financers and travel agents.

Meanwhile, the police are sending telegrams and speed posts to applicants from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh to collect their passports and other documents. An applicant will have to prove his identity before he is handed over the passport.