In the past few days several persons have been arrested in connection with ‘jobs-for-cash.’ In fact, the three women were arrested first, two from Goa and one from Kolhapur. The scamsters involved homemakers, government employees (retired and in service) and school teacher. While those duped involved are gullible and middle-class persons. A retired government employee who was duped could have been the whistleblower and smelled something fishy when asked to pay for a job for his daughter. Now that the simmering scam has slowly lifted the lid, everyday there are arrests made, including a mother and son. Police should check if the scams were like a pyramid-scheme, are the fraudsters known to one another or were networked and the most difficult part is to expose the kingpin or queen-stapler who knew the scamsters and kept them as a well-knit group. The chief minister stated that the properties of the cheaters would be seized and the proceeds distributed to the cheated persons. What if the fraudsters do not have anything of value? He has been insistent that recruitment will be made by the Goa Staff Selection Commission and this is the right time to enforce it.
