<p>The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has ordered a probe into the dealings of an entity of the IMA Group, which is under the scanner in a multi-crore Ponzi scam, the Union government said Monday. </p>.<p>Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said the Registrar of Companies, Bengaluru, had received a complaint against IMAIP Bullion and Trading LLP for collecting funds from the public by inducting them as partners in the limited liability partnership firm. </p>.<p>Based on the RoC report, the ministry has ordered an investigation against the company, he said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. </p>.<p>Depositors from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and even Delhi are said to have fallen into the trap of the scam allegedly pulled by the IMA Group. </p>.<p>The Karnataka police’s Special Investigation Team has arrested 18 people in connection with the scam.</p>
<p>The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has ordered a probe into the dealings of an entity of the IMA Group, which is under the scanner in a multi-crore Ponzi scam, the Union government said Monday. </p>.<p>Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said the Registrar of Companies, Bengaluru, had received a complaint against IMAIP Bullion and Trading LLP for collecting funds from the public by inducting them as partners in the limited liability partnership firm. </p>.<p>Based on the RoC report, the ministry has ordered an investigation against the company, he said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. </p>.<p>Depositors from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and even Delhi are said to have fallen into the trap of the scam allegedly pulled by the IMA Group. </p>.<p>The Karnataka police’s Special Investigation Team has arrested 18 people in connection with the scam.</p>