Vista Chit Fund Scam: Odisha Crime Branch arrested CA

Bhubaneswar, May 26: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch arrested the chartered accountant of Vista Management Services Ltd on Monday here in chit fund scam.

Chartered accountant, Debi Prasad Mishra was looking after stock market investments and commodity of the company. Mishra is accused of swindling around Rs 60 lakh from the chit fund company. Rajendra Patnaik, SP EOW, said that the investigating team found that funds transferred to Mishra’s personal accounts.

This is the fourth arrest in the Vista chit fund scam case. Earlier, crime branch sleuths had arrested the CMD, Deb Kumar Panda, former director, Bijay Swain and director Manoj Patnaik. Vista chit fund company has alleged duped around Rs. 50 crore.