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Firm booked for duping job aspirants

The EOW Mumbai has registered a case of cheating against the agent AS Edutech HR consultant, Mumbai for allegedly duping the job aspirants under the pretext of giving them a high profile job in Saudi Arabia

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The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police is probing a case of an international fake job racket wherein three job aspirants from Uttar Pradesh, who had gone to Saudi Arabia through an agent based in Mumbai, had to return as they did not get the job promised to them.

The EOW Mumbai has registered a case of cheating against the agent AS Edutech HR consultant, Mumbai for allegedly duping the job aspirants under the pretext of giving them a high profile job in Saudi Arabia. The firm had charged Rs 1 lakh from each aspirant.

According to the police, AS Edutect is Delhi-based firm and have a branch in Mumbai. The police said recently they had sent four job aspirants to Saudi Arabia promising them jobs in Saudi Arabia with a hefty salary package. 

The firm allegedly took money from them and gave them a visa. However, when the job aspirants reached Saudi Arabia, the employer offered them another job profile. The company also said they did not have any vacancies the job aspirants had come for. No arrests have been made in the case yet.

The victims lodged a complaint with the Ministry of External Affairs, Protector of Emigrants (POE) Mumbai which forwarded it to the Mumbai police and an FIR was registered against the firm.

"AS Edutech does not have the necessary license to run the overseas job recruitment business. Also, the recruitment was done illegally without an emigration clearance and hence, we have registered a case against them on the basis of POE Mumbai's complaint," said a police officer from EOW.

"The accused had charged Rs 1 lakh from each applicant in return for a job. There is a possibility of more people coming forward," he added.

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