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Lookout circular against 3 Chinese nationals for operating illegal loan app

The Bureau of Immigration has issued a lookout circular against three Chinese nationals for allegedly operating an illegal digital loan app in India, officials said on Sunday

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Press Trust of India Bhubaneswar

The Bureau of Immigration has issued a lookout circular against three Chinese nationals for allegedly operating an illegal digital loan app in India, officials said on Sunday.

The circular was issued following a missive in this regard by Odisha's Economic Offences Wing.

Earlier this month, a lookout circular was also issued against another Chinese national on the same charge.

They are the mastermind and main accused The accused persons were running illegal digital loan apps, an official release said.

There are more than one lakh victims of the app across the country, it said.

Evidence suggests that they are involved in similar scams in countries like Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh, the release said.

 

Further investigation is underway, the officials said.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Jul 18 2022 | 7:12 AM IST

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