Pandeshwar police bust Gulf job racket and seal JCG Associates

Pandeshwar police bust Gulf job racket and seal JCG Associates

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, May 8, 2012 : JCG Associates, a firm at Al Rahaba Complex near State Bank that helps job seekers find jobs in the Gulf countries, was sealed by the Pandeshwar police on May 7 Monday.

Canute D’Souza, the owner of JCG Associates, is alleged to have duped around 47 job seekers by collecting fees ranging from Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 50,000 from each job seeker and leaving them high and dry.

 

 

Mr. D’Souza had collected Rs. 5000 from Stany Dinesh of Kuttar and Pradeep of Karwar; Rs. 50,000 from Mohzan, Safael, and Pradeep of Karwar; Rs. 25,000 from Shamsuddin; Rs. 20,000 from Harish Kumar Kuttettoor and H. Ram Gupta; Rs. 10,000 from Mohandas of Krishnapur; Rs. 15,000 from Vishwanath Poojary; and different amounts from many other people, promising to help them find jobs in the Gulf.

When the job seekers lodged a complaint at the Pandeshwar Police Station, SI Bharathi visited JCG Associates with a team of policemen and sealed the place.

Canute had been arrested once in 2010 for cheating. Along with Francis Rebello, he had cheated 128 job aspirants. He had collected fees from them for getting them visas to Bahrain and had simply disappeared with the money.