Bengaluru Ozone Urban Developers face allegations rs 3300 crore fund
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru police has registered a case against Ozone Urbana Infra Developers Private Limited, alongside several banks and financial institutions, for allegedly defrauding homebuyers of a staggering Rs 3,300 crore. According to the industry sources, the scale of the alleged fraud is unprecedented in Bengaluru’s real estate history. ”The investigative agencies are working on tracing the misappropriated funds and identifying the full extent of the conspiracy. The complaint was filed by Errol John Noronha, president of the Ozone Urbana Buyers Welfare Association, who accused the developers of securing loans in buyers’ names, misusing funds, and failing to deliver housing projects as promised. According to the FIR, the developers obtained Rs 1,500 crore in mortgage loans and diverted an additional Rs 1,800 crore from homebuyer payments and related transactions. These funds were meant for the one of the largest township project— Ozone Urbana township project in Devanahalli, launched in 2012. Over a decade later, the project is only 49% complete, far from its promised 2017 deadline. The FIR names several leading financial institutions, including HDFC, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Bank of Baroda, and Piramal Capital and Housing Finance, accusing them of complicity in the alleged fraud. The developers and their associates are suspected of siphoning off the money to other entities, leaving buyers and financiers in the lurch. The agency is expanding the probe to uncover all parties involved,” said one of the earlier source. The case has sent shockwaves through Bengaluru’s real estate sector, with buyers demanding stricter oversight and immediate justice for the financial and emotional toll they have endured.
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