nagpur the economic offences wing eow of the city police is investigating the travel ventures international tvi scam that was operating among railways staff and relatives on october 27 2012 toi had exposed the scam where railway officials were influencing employees to become members of the multilevel marketing scheme by paying rs15500 for tour packages which allowed them to stay in 35 star hotels and resorts worldwide deputy chief vigilance officer dycvo prabhat kumar said in reply to an rti query on january 27 that he had written to the commissioner of police to investigate the scam as the railways had failed to reach the bottom of the fraud deputy commissioner of police sunil kolhe confirmed that assistant police inspector api parag pote is investigating the scam eow officials said they have recorded statements of railway officials named in the letter issued to them by the railway vigilance however it is difficult to register offences against thousands of members who were forced to become members or lured into the chain they said the eow in kolkata has registered an fir in the tvi scam based on a complaint filed by downline members and we have sought a copy of that we are yet to decide whether to register a separate offence or club it with the one registered at kolkata those who want to register complaints are welcome they added the scam in the city was first exposed in the nagpur central railway where many employees were promised tour packages with fourday and threenight stay in star hotels along with double returns it also promised team members making their way to the top of the compensation plan through revolving matrix system income of rs450 lakh and more however none of the promises materialized over a dozen movement inspectors mis and a lady stenographer with the signalling telecommunication department were directly involved in the scam however only the five mis with the operating department pd raut komal gajbhiye dk soni ss karnale and sk jaiswal were moved out in routine transfers the deputy cvos letter says that tvi provided global business opportunity to create solid income for members and family during recording of statements it was found that at least 10000 people had become members and were duped the vigilance department letter also says that the mastermind of the scam was gajbhiye and he introduced the scheme in central railway on behalf of his wife gajbhiye used to collect cash from the staff and deposit it in account number 910020000042509 of axis bank nagpur the vigilance branch investigated the complaints but cold not get any documentary evidence in respect of the money deposited in the aforesaid account the company website was also not approachable and hence the police need to intervene kumar said eow sources say there are many such scams operating in the city and attempts are on to nail the owners of such companies and not the membersburying a scam on october 27 toi revealed many central