The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet in the special PMLA court in Jalandhar in a major case related to visa and immigration fraud. In this case, 8 accused and institutions including Red Leaf Immigration Private Limited have been named. The ED investigation was started on the basis of several FIRs filed by Punjab Police and Delhi Police. This FIR was registered on the complaint of the US Embassy in Delhi. It is alleged that to get student and visitor visa of America, fake educational certificates, fake experience certificates, fake bank documents and wrong financial information were prepared and submitted.
Investigation revealed that Amandeep Singh and Poonam Rani, the operators of Red Leaf Immigration Private Limited, used to target people who were not eligible to get visas on the basis of education or financial qualification. Fake degrees, experience certificates, gap cover documents and fake bank records were prepared by taking huge amounts of money from them. The entire e-mail communication with foreign universities and visa officers was also handled by the accused himself.
Used to play games to show strong financial condition
According to ED, Overseas Partner and Rudra Consultancy Services played a game of showing the financial condition of 154 visa applicants by depositing about Rs 40 lakh in their bank accounts for some time. Later this amount was withdrawn immediately. In return, about Rs 40 thousand was collected from each applicant. Investigation also revealed that Infowiz Software Solutions used to prepare fake training, internship and experience certificates. Evidence of making fake certificates has been found from the diary and other documents found during the search.
ED had raided many locations and lockers
In February 2025, ED had raided several locations and lockers of the accused. During this, a large number of documents, digital devices, diaries related to illegal transactions, Rs 19 lakh in cash and gold biscuits weighing about one kg were recovered. The investigation has revealed illegal earnings of about Rs 2.14 crore related to this entire scam. This includes illegal earnings of Rs 1.37 crore of Red Leaf Immigration, Rs 61.60 lakh of Overseas Partner and Rudra Consultancy and Rs 15 lakh of Infowiz Software Solution.
Assets worth more than Rs 2 crore attached
ED has temporarily attached and frozen movable and immovable properties, including houses and bank accounts, worth Rs 2.14 crore in the case. The investigating agency says that the accused earned illegal money by committing immigration fraud in an organized manner and tried to make it look legitimate.
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