Indore: The Mumbai Crime Branch on Friday detained the online survey company Speak Asia's Chief Operations Officer (COO) Tarak Bajpai in connection with a multi-crore rupee ponzi scheme across the country.
The Singapore-based company Speak Asia, which is yet to be incorporated as a company in India, would be inspected under section 591 of the Companies Act, which is applicable on companies incorporated outside India and has established a place of business within the country.
The company charges a membership fee is Rs 11,000 for a year. The members are expected to conduct online surveys for clients of the firm. Members are paid for conducting the surveys. The company said that it pays Rs 500 for every survey to its member.
Kirit Somaiya, BJP leader and president of the Investors' Grievances Forum in Mumbai, filed a complaint in May with the economic offences wing of the Mumbai Police against Speak Asia, saying he had received several complaints from consumers across the country.
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