Yesterday AISPA's secretary Ashok Bahirwani was issued with a 72 hours arrest notice by EOW. Anticipatory bail hearing of the same is to be held today at 2:30 p.m at Mumbai.
Hats Off Prod. wins the case over SpeakAsia
Few weeks ago Speakasia has filed a case against Hats Off production's R. K. Laxman ki Duniya as they telecast an episode in which they used the word Silent Asia, which eventually prove to be the fraudulent organization in the story.
Hats Off productions has won the case against the company leaving all the charges on them as null and void.According to the verdict among the two only the word Asia is common, and this word can be used by anyone as its an universal term,and hence case was dismissed.
Updates 2nd march-Speakasia official communicaiton
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Dear SpeakAsian’s,
Our Family of Speakasians stood rock steady by us through one of the most troubled time in the corporate history of any company. We were attacked maliciously by certain sections of the media, hounded by the authorities, and attempts were made to crush our total entity. However we continuously maintained our commitment to our cause and the protection of the interest of our family.
In these troubled times we gave an ‘Exit Option’ to all those who wanted to leave our fold. A total of 94,334 panelists decided to exercise this option (this is less than 7% of our entire universe of Speak Asians.) We respect their wishes and would gladly welcome them back with open arms whenever they decide to re-join our family. Any other members of the Speak Asians family who still want to exercise the exit option can do so till 31st March 2012.
On the orders of the Honorable Supreme Court of India a mediator was appointed to ascertain the dues of all those who wanted to exit the company, and the process to settle the their legitimate dues is well underway. As a manifest of our intent and to demonstrate our never ending commitment to our family of Speakasian’s we have voluntarily deposited a sum of US $ 10 Million, with the Registrar General – Supreme Court. We have further committed to deposit any more amounts due, post the ascertainment of the honorable mediator and proactively facilitate the disbursement process.
We stand committed to all our panellists, our employees, trade partners, and the nation at large. Our endeavor to create a whole new marketplace through our patented ‘Precision Marketing Tool’ stands. We cannot thank you enough for all your support. The end of our woes is near, and soon the new sun heralding brightness of our future will dawn.
Warm Regards,
SpeakAsia Corporate Marketing Team
SpeakAsia Updates-29th Feb,12
TIMES OF INDIA - FEB,27
MUMBAI: Police are probing the role of an international firm in the SpeakAsia scam.
They said a link had been established between Seven Rings International, a UAE-based firm, and the multi-level marketing company being investigated for fraud.
Sources said that the economic offences wing (EOW) found evidence to prove the nexus. "SpeakAsia office-bearers have been denying links with Seven Rings International, but we have got documentary evidence," said a police officer.A source said Seven Rings entered into an agreement with SpeakAsia Pte and Haren Ventures Pvt Ltd. "Seven Rings offered to act as a publisher for SpeakAsia surveys but on the condition that they get 60% profit while SpeakAsia got 40%. Seven Rings said it had a wider reach and the agreement would be beneficial to SpeakAsia. They promised to publish an electronic magazine (e-zine) too," said the source.EOW arrested 10 persons allegedly associated with SpeakAsia last year following complaints from investors that they had been cheated. The investors had said that they had been sold web subscriptions for Rs11,000 each, and in return for filling survey forms for multinational firms, had been promised annual payments of Rs52,000. But the money, they said, had not been paid.The police are hunting for SpeakAsia's Indian head, Manojkumar Sharma and its global chief Haren Kaur."SpeakAsia entered into the agreement in February 2011 to avoid tax agencies. "While Elia De Prisco signed papers on behalf of Seven Rings, Sharma signed them for SpeakAsia," said the source. Prisco is said to be an Italian who organizes business lectures and seminars across the world.The police suspect that Sharma is behind the Brazilian firm Mister Colibri (mistercolibri.com and colibrimakemoney.com), which op-erates on the same model as SpeakAsia and lists Sharma as its largest investor.The police suspect that over Rs700 crore was laundered from India with help from Seven Rings.Investigators said AdMatrix, another company, was involved in SpeakAsia's operations.Colibri promises investors large annual returns for watching advertisements on a video-sharing web site and EOW found that it was using the same backend codes as AdMatrix.
HINDUSTAN,28TH FEB
(SpeakAsia had deposited a sum of 50 crores to the supreme court and the court has put that amount in FB for 91 days,and in addition to that speakasia has been asked to deposit sum of 115 crores as tax,which company has accepted to pay.The draft which the company had paid was made from State Bank Of India's branch in Singapore with the draft No:037003)
SpeakAsia panellists accuse EOW of harassment, move court
A group of over 15 lakh panellists of Singapore-headquartered SpeakAsia Online company has moved the Bombay High Court, claiming that officials of the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the city police are harassing them with repeated attempts to extort money.
The panellists have in their writ filed in court claimed being threatened of being booked in a criminal case if they didn’t cough up the money demanded by the police. While over 150 panellists have so far been called in for questioning by the city police, a senior EOW official denied the charge saying it was aimed at derailing the ongoing probe, sources said.
Represented by Melwyn Crasto and Ashok Bahirwani, president and secretary respectively of the All-India SpeakAsia Panellists Association (AISPA), the association with a 15-lakh members, including over 3.5 lakh in Mumbai alone, has charged the police of using the company’s seized records to target members of the general public, who constitute the panellists.
