Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in India

Help! to get my money back (FERA & FEMA )

Hi,

I was trying to purchase a home from India for $10,000.00. The Indian real-estate owner (Ibrahim), asked me to pay $3,000.00 in India and pay the rest to his sister (Taj) in U.S, so I paid him $ 3,000.00 (cheque) and paied the rest to his sister $7,000.00 (cheque) who�s living in U.S. This transaction was happened at October, 2000. But I mad a stupid mistake that I didn�t get receipt for any of this transactions, because I was dealing this through my brother-in-law. But, he (Ibrahim) still didn�t register the home to me. I asked him to return my money back, but he refuses to talk about it. I got a shock when I try to contact his sister, she said she was not his sister; she is just a currency trader but it seems it�s a FERA & FEMA violation! And she said, she can�t help me in this situation, since she was just an intermediate person. But Ibrahim, try to threaten me and he�s not at all mentioning me about the money I paid here in U.S. All I have the proof are the cheques I paid to these guys. It all most one years going to complete, still I didn�t get my money back. Could you some one help my out and guide me what I have to do, I would really appreciate. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.


Asked on 9/16/01, 1:55 pm

3 Answers from Attorneys
Satish Maheshwari Vakilbabu

Re: Help! to get my money back (FERA & FEMA )

Dear Friend,

I am sorry, but as a matter of practise, we do not reply to queries from the persons, who do not give their complete details, nor to the persons not directly affected by the problem under the query. We also do not give any citations to the seekers.

Therefore we request you to send your query only through the query form at the Free legal advice pages of the vakilbabu website at http://www.vakilbabu.com quoting the reference LawGuru.com.

We believe you shall understand.

Warm regards

Satish Maheshwari.

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Answered on 10/26/01, 3:47 pm
Prabhat Shroff Shroff & Company

Re: Help! to get my money back (FERA & FEMA )

Dear Sir

The details given by you are insufficient for such a serious matter. If you do need credible advise, please do email to me the full details for consideration and advise.

Regrads

Prabhat Shroff

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Answered on 10/30/01, 2:39 am
Umesh Bhagwat Bhagwat&Co.

Re: Help! to get my money back (FERA & FEMA )

It is clearly a case of cheating and fraud.The best course of action for you would be to file a criminal complaint against the lady in US or Ibrahim in India.

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Answered on 10/26/01, 11:40 pm


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