The victims claim that Cozmo Educational Consultancy collected money from about 300 people, promising to send them to Bulgaria via Delhi.
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The Department of Foreign Employment has registered a case with the Foreign Employment Tribunal against the operator of an education consultancy for defrauding millions of rupees by promising to provide employment in Bulgaria on a work visa.
Based on the victim's complaint, a case has been filed against Lalbabu Ram, 55, of Sarlahi, the owner of Cozmo, claiming a sum of Rs 28.4 million. Ram has been absconding since Poush 19. 'So far, 25 cases have been registered. The sum of which is Rs 28.4 million,' said Meera Acharya, Director General of the department, 'The department is taking complaints.'
The department has informed that Cozmo employees Hima Nayak, 21, of Tikapur, and Astha Khadka, 22, of Ilam, have been released on bail.
The victims claim that Cozmo Educational Consultancy collected money from about 300 people by promising to send them to Bulgaria via the Indian capital Delhi. According to them, an average of Rs 250,000 was collected per person.
Rajesh Karki, 36, of Ramechhap, said that he had gone out of touch with the company saying that he would take them to Delhi to process a Bulgarian work visa. He said that he had paid a total of 246,500 rupees in the name of fare, police report verification and work permit. ‘When the morning dawned, the bus did not come, and the person who contacted him disappeared, so we realized that we had been cheated,’ he said.
According to the victims, the series of frauds started last Ashar. Cozmo had advertised on social media that it would take them to Bulgaria and Croatia for packing and driving jobs. Interested people were called to the office with offers of 850 to 1200 euros for a cost of 7 to 1 million rupees.
Suraj Lama, 24, of Nuwakot, said that he was given a paper saying that the work permit had arrived after four months. "It wasn't even in English, I only understood the details after looking at Google Translate," he said. Most of the victims have said that the money was deposited in the bank account of the consultancy and its operator, Lalbabu Ram.
