February 03, 2017
Abhinav Mittal, the techie who allegedly duped lakhs of people into investing 3,700 crore in his Noida start-up, had always wanted to strike gold. And he did, till the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) came along.
The firm that Mittal founded promised to pay ‘clients’ Rs 5 every time they clicked on a link that one of the many web portals that his firm sent them. But there was just one condition. They had to invest a fixed amount to be eligible.