Central Railway Swept TVI Express Scandarl Under the Carpet, TOI reported

Times of India has reported almost a year ago that some officials in India Central Railway had abused their position to coerce their underlings into joined TVI Express, thus they can profit. And they also invented charges to cause an audit of those people who did not cooperate, further proving their abuse. On 15-SEP-2013 Times of India, who obtain inquiry report made by ICR through RTI, found that ICR has systematically whitewashed the scandal, by giving the perps slap on the wrist (minor penalties) and maybe transfer them to another station (which in some cases is considered a promotion).

A separate inquiry by the Vigilance Commission to investigate corruption in India is still ongoing.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-14/nagpur/42061512_1_p-d-raut-tvi-express-komal-gajbhiye

TVI Express Scammers in Russian invokes KGB to Recruit

According to news out of Belarus (next to Russia), scammers over there, apparently unaware that Tarun Trikha had been arrested in India and the scam is pretty much over, had been recruiting people and claiming to have KGB connections.

For those who are not aware, KGB was the USSR intelligence agency. Think of it as FBI, CIA, NSA, AND the Nazi Gestapo combined into one and it would not be far off. It of course, no longer exist, after fall of communism, but its various officers, now in civilian life, are rumored to have maintained their network and worked their way up the Russian mafia food chain.

The "local" leader of TVI Express, Vladimir Pygidium, currently operates TVI Express branch out of Belarus.

http://www.charter97.org/ru/news/2013/8/30/74809/

In a different news, TVI Express has been called "Travel MMM" by locals of Belarus. MMM, or Mavrodi Money Machine, is an infamous pyramid scheme by Mr. Mavrodi that destroyed many fortunes in Russia.

http://www.profi-forex.org/novosti-mira/novosti-sng/belarus-/entry1008177483.html

No charges have been filed against the local TVI Express perps as of the article, dated 30-AUG-2013.

BREAKING NEWS: South African TVI Express "Kingpin" Arrested

According to South African news, Hadebe, formerly the top South African "distributor" of TVI Express international pyramid scheme since 2009, was formally arrested on July 9th (Tuesday) along with her associates, and charged with THOUSANDS of counts of violating national banking laws, fraud laws, and other offences, taking at least 86 million rand.

Hadebe's assets were already sized by court order in 2012, including her luxury cards like Jaguar and Mercedes. She put up a big legal fight, but her last appeal was refused in March 2013.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/investors-taken-for-r86m-ride-1.1544647#.Ud5uDzudCk8

TVI Express affiliates arrested in Egypt

Report from Egypt Daily News shows that 3 TVI Express affiliates have been arrested. An investigator from the fraud unit told 4 affiliates at a meeting to follow him to the police station. Two were released, and two were detained. When another rep (apparently an upline) went to police station to secure the two's release, he too was detained.

http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/05/29/members-of-network-marketing-company-to-face-trial/

Egypt Outlawed 8 scams, including TVI Express

Better late than never, but the "new" regime of Egypt have just outlawed 8 scam companies, including TVI Express.

Following is from Google Translate:

The number of participants in the company's eighth "Tvi express" to about 98 954, and the number of defendants المضبوطين 3 members, and subscription fee of $ 250, and the return of $ 500 for every 7 new people, and the value of amounts collected $ 24.7 million, and free Minutes No. 7741 for the year 2013 cover of Dokk

While the auto translation is atrocious, the meaning is obvious... TVI Express is a scam, and it's outlawed in Egypt.

This blog was one of the first to note that TVI Express is illegal based on common interpretation of Shariah law, and indeed Ulama Council of Ache, Indonesia was one of the first to outlaw it.

http://almogaz.com/news/politics/2013/05/12/903789

Indian CVC Will Investigate TVI Express Corruption in Indian Central Railways

India Against Corruption (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

According to Times of India report (through BehindMLM), after months of prodding and inaction by Indian Central Railways, the corruption case regarding their officers will be handed over the the central agency, known as "Central Vigilance Commission", with the purpose of investigating all government-related corruption in India.

The case stemmed from several articles in Times of India, where officials in Indian Central Railways was alleged to have abused their power of management to force subordinates into joining TVI Express pyramid scheme, and punish those who do not and/or made complaints about such. It has been over seven months since the first report was published in Times of India, yet no action had been taken other than to transfer the accused managers to a different station.

With Tarun Trikha previously arrested, there may yet to hope.

http://behindmlm.com/companies/tvi-express/government-to-investigate-indian-railways-tvi-saga/

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OLD NEWS: Philippines banned TVI Express back in March 2013?

According to ABS-CBN, the Filipino SEC has declared TVI Express Holidays Philippines to be a pyramid scheme back in March.

SEC warns of new pyramiding scams

by Alvin Elchico, ABS-CBN News

Posted at 03/12/2013 5:37 PM | Updated as of 03/13/2013 9:15 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Fresh from the disastrous results of the Aman Futures scam, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has again issued an advisory to consumers in Davao and Surigao of two separate potential investment fraud.
SEC chairperson Teresita Herbosa identified these two potential scams as Connectacons Inc. and TVI Express Holidays Phils.
The target company in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur has reportedly been encouraging teachers to invest P16,800 with a promise to "double the money" within 6 months and to get $10,000 for another 6 months.
According to the SEC advisory, those who invested have not received the promised amount and even return of their investment despite repeated demands.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/03/12/13/sec-warns-new-pyramiding-scams

BREAKING NEWS: Tarun Trikha's entire family will be investigated for conspiracy fraud

According to Daily Mail / India, Indian police will be looking into the roles of Tarun Trikhas entire family as his father, brother, and sister are also "directors" in his scam enterprise "TVI Express".

Tarun Trikha, arrested for allegedly duping thousands of investors through his online pyramidal venture TVI Express, had apparently involved his family in the business.Documents available with Mail Today show, that members of his family, including his father Vinay Kumar Trikha, brother Varun and sister Shikha, were among the directors in the company. Sources say the role of the entire family is being probed in the fraud, and all their investments are under scanner.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2312265/Trikha-family-investigated-online-TVI-Express-scam.html#ixzz2R4MCIEV4 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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CONFIRMED FOR SURE: Tarun Trikha Arrested in India

A reputable source, Daily Mail, has reported the arrested of Tarun Trikha in India.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2311810/Online-venture-TVI-Express-promoter-Tarun-Trikha-arrested-duping-lakh-subscribers-India.html

CONFIRMED?! Tarun Trika, Head of TVI Express Scam, Arrested in India

There are unconfirmed report on Facebook that Tarun Trikha was arrested by Indian police.

UPDATED: Someone posted this video:


As I don't speak Hindi, I can't vouch for the authenticity, but it appears to be genuine. UPDATE: Video no longer available, but a screencap was included below.

And this photo, from a group called Justice Tarun, apparently a group of victims of TVI Express in India.  Apparently CID took Tarun Trikha into custody at Delhi airport, and was transferring him to Kolkotta when the news leaked and the victims held an impromptu demonstration while CID guarded the prisoner (who chose to hide his face with a towel)  who did a bit of detective work, tailed Tarun Trikha to the railway station, and called in CID (Criminal Investigative Division) of Indian Police is to be commended, however, we shall see how the prosecution goes.

There are 6 more pictures at http://imgur.com/a/iZTSz    [Updated] http://imgur.com/a/WUuE0

OLD NEWS: Pacific Royale had no CEO back in August 2012?

Accordign to Jakarta Globe / Investor Daily of Indonesia, Pacific Royale airline's CEO Samudra Sukardi resigned back in August 2012 with "disagreement with shareholders"

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/pacific-royale-ceo-resigns-citing-dispute/535758

The paper however, stated that the airline is owned by Gunardi Gunawan and Tarun Trikha.

Frankly, I have yet to see the shareholder list of the airline. A couple Indonesian newspapers and airline blog sites have repeated the info, but then, I haven't seen any official confirmation of the ownership / shareholder.

According to a more recent article in AsiaOne (a newspaper in Singapore), Pacific Royale ceased operation back in 2012.

http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20130312-407924.html

Belated Update: Aussie TVI Express Scammer has NOT paid her fines

According to a report in the Sydney Telegraph newspaper back in December 2012, Teddi Jutsen, one of the trio of TVI Express scammers convicted in Australia of fraud, has NOT paid her fines for contempt of court charges.

The trio racked up contempt of court charges after they have been charged and their bank account frozen to prevent them from removing their ill-gotten gains. Teddi Jutsen, the court later alleged, abused the court provision that they are allowed to withdraw smaller amounts for living expenses. By going to multiple bank branches to withdraw various amounts below the limit, Jutsen was able to move out a larger sum of money than was allowed by the court. Details are unclear how much money was withdrawn.

It is unknown if ACCC, the agency that handled the prosecution, and thus will receive the fines, has received them from the fraudster trio. However, the court, which tracks the contempt fines, confirmed that it has NOT received any of the fines for the contempt charges.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/indepth/accc-victorious-but-tvi-express-fine-remains-unpaid/story-e6frewq9-1226540844582

India Railways Shift Employees to Stave Off TVI Express Scandal

In apparently move to mollify angry employees recruited / forced to join TVI Express scam by their superiors, Indian Railways management have chose to transfer more supervisors away from their posting, according to Times of India, instead of confronting this sort of corruption head-on.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-29/nagpur/36050557_1_tvi-express-scam-komal-gajbhiye-central-railway-employees