[Resolved]  Royal Indian Raj International Corporation — History of Fraud & Embezzlement

Royal Indian Raj International Corporation – History of Fraud and Embezzlement, Manoj C Benjamin, Collins Benjamin and Ravi Benjamin. In the present fraud scam by Royal Indian Raj International Corporation and the Benjamins, my lawyer and the police advised me of three certainties.

Firstly, a fraud artist is a fraud artist is a fraud artist. A fraud artist always is and always will be a fraud artist even after serving prison time. The allure of easy money is just too great for a fraud artist. Even when scams go wrong a fraud artist doesn’t admit fault and look for honest work he just exits by redirecting blame and finds another scam. Sound familiar? I agree, the Benjamins are fraud artists.

Secondly, rather than any words or promises from a fraud artist, the past actions are the best barometer of the truth and future actions. Once a criminal always a criminal!

Thirdly, a fraud artist never never tells the truth. Even when caught a fraud artist continues to lie, if not lie more, and continues to proclaim his innocence and tries to redirect blame to others. The obvious reason is to escape prosecution or exit with the greatest amount of money and find another scam. But speak to any fraud artist sentenced to prison for his crimes and you will find they all continue to claim they are innocent and that someone else is to blame. And so the lies and fraud continues even after being caught. Just look at any major fraud in the recent past and the claim is always the same: Conrad Black, Martha Stewart, Bernard Madoff, Enron, and the list goes on. All continue to claim innocence and try to redirect blame (like the Benjamins and Royal Indian Raj) but all were or will be convicted. It took time and did not happen overnight but all were or will be convicted. Sound familiar??

I researched the history of fraud and embezzlement by the Benjamins and have listed below some of the articles that cover almost the last twenty years of the Benjamins’ fraudulent activity. It is certain the history of their scams goes back even further past twenty years. If you know of any other articles please add them in the comment section. If you have a copy or link to the 2004 article by Michael McCullough in the Vancouver Sun or the 2005 article by Brian Hutchinson in the National Post, please advise us. If you have a copy or a link to the article about another Benjamins’ fraud covered in “FRANK” magazine of around sixteen years ago, please kindly advise. FRANK magazine is an eastern Canada magazine which outlined the scams by Manoj Benjamin in eastern Canada which led to his arrest and charges for fraud there. The Benjamins later exited eastern Canada to start new scams in western Canada where they were unknown. In western Canada Manoj Benjamin linked up with Tarsem Gill who after several years of investigation was finally arrested and charged in 2008 with perpetrating the largest real Estate fraud in British Columbia of $40 Million. Investigations do not happen overnight. After operating under a variety of companies (including Carriage Lane Fine Homes Ltd.) and scamming people and becoming known in western Canada the Benjamins moved their focus onto new targets in the USA and India through their new Royal Indian Raj International Corporation. The Benjamins and Royal Indian Raj International Corporation are targets of ongoing investigations. These investigations take time as they did with Tarsem Gill (several years) so do not think the Benjamins and Royal Indian Raj International Corporation are being truthful. There are lying and scrambling to save their skins and redirect blame. So if you are not cautious do not be surprised when the Benjamins disappear with money and land (as in the past) or are arrested and the money and land has disappeared. Bernard Madoff, Tarsem Gill, Conrad Black, Martha Stewart, Enron and so on all lied and proclaimed their innocence. Funny thou, they all headed for prison time.

1. A bafflegab-prone Vancouver company is at it again.
https://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/royal-indian-raj-c129831.html

2. Vijay Amritraj attacks Royal Indian Corpn.
https://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/royal-indian-raj-c129833.html

3. Bangalore smart city is promoter’s pipedream.
www.rediff.com/money/2004/sep/30banga.htm

4. Company promises much, delivers little.
www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=11ace6a[protected]d074d0...

5. Long bankruptcy taints developer’s regal image.
www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=ce9ee7f[protected]a46e-2...

6. Few of the pieces fit in this jigsaw puzzle.
www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=636d74b6-8f89-49cc-a816-...

7. Royal Indian Raj - Vacuous Verbage
(follow the link and go half way down to find start of Royal Indian Raj article)
www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=8bdf9a20-1af5-4bdf-b5b3-...

8. Royal Indian Raj investor gets royal runaround.
www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=1d8f8cf1-d9cb-40fb-852f-...

9. Indo-Canadians, be careful of your investments in India.
The Indo-Canadian Voice - is a Vancouver local Indian Community newspaper.
(follow the link and go down to article number 5)
www.voiceonline.com/voice/080906/rattansrumble.php

10. Real Estate: About the Benjamins. - Why investors are fuming about real estate developer Royal Indian Raj.
(Canadian Business magazine is highly respected national business magazine in Canada)
www.canadianbusiness.com/managing/strategy/article.jsp?content=20080929_198710_1...

11. Royal Indian Raj’s stars burn bright, fade quickly.
www.vancouversun.com/news/Royal+Indian+stars+burn+bright+fade+quickly/1024781/st...

12. Steven Seagal says no, never.
(follow the link and go down half way to find Royal Indian Raj article)
www.vancouversun.com/columnists/Honeysuckle+sweet+investment/1040662/story.html

13. Vijay Amritraj, Jack Nicklaus and Steven Seagal disassociate themselves from Royal Indian Raj.
The Indo-Canadian Voice - is a Vancouver local Indian Community newspaper.
(follow the link and go down to the third article from the bottom)
www.voiceonline.com/voice/081206/rattansrumble.php

15. You can find even more information if you go to
www.royalindiansham.com
www.complaintsboard.com/bycompany/royal-indian-raj-a88986/bypopularity.html
https://www.consumercomplaints.in/bycompany/royal-indian-raj-a59740.html
https://www.consumercomplaints.in/bycompany/royal-indian-raj-international-corpo...
or google search for: “royal indian raj”, “royal indian raj scam”, royal indian raj fraud”, “manoj Benjamin scam”, manoj Benjamin fraud”, “collins Benjamin scam”, “collins benjamin fraud”, “ravi benjamin scam”, or “ravi Benjamin fraud”.
If you find more articles on this scam please advise everyone. Everyone thanks you.
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but what is surprising is that the Benjamin family getting away scottfree sofar with more than $16 million
from all the NRI depositors.
Royal Indian Raj International Corporation launches multi-million dollar lawsuit against against former Vice President of Communications, William Zack for print and internet liable.

VANCOUVER, Apr. 22 /CNW-AsiaNet/ --




Royal Indian Raj International Corporation (RIRIC) announces today a $100M
USD lawsuit for Slander, Liable and Defamation of Character against RIRIC
former Vice President of Communications William Zack. The suit was filed in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The RIRIC lawsuit, initiated in May of 2008 in New York, alleges that Mr.
Zack stole proprietary information, confidential data and contact lists from
RIRIC then, waged a slanderous smear campaign against the company in North
America and India. RIRIC alleges that in or around March 2008, Mr. Zack used
various fictitious anonymous aliases to communicate misinformation about
RIRIC’s business to the public through postings on unethical websites and
through a direct interview with a Canadian newspaper which was then later
excerpted by the Times of India newspaper. He also used the stolen lists to
communicate directly with shareholders, customers and alliance partners. RIRIC
contends this damaged the RIRIC trade mark, caused millions of dollars in
financial loss and a huge loss of client goodwill.

The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Zack misled RIRIC's principals and the public
to believe that delays in developing the inaugural Royal Garden City Project
and the Royal Garden Villas & Resort in Bangalore, Karnataka
(www.royalvillasandresort.com) resulted from mismanagement at RIRIC as opposed
to India’s notoriously bureaucratic land development process, specifically the
delay of the[protected] Bangalore Regional Master Plan (approved only in Jan
30th, 2009) and India’s government upheavals. India has seen five failed
governments collapse in Bangalore since 2004. These factors have delayed
developments for over 400 Indian real estate developers in the vicinity,
including RIRIC. Mr. Zack also claimed that RIRIC exaggerated its developments
and wrongly used celebrity endorsements. RIRIC vigorously maintains that both
claims are invalid and untrue. In addition to filing the lawsuit in US courts,
RIRIC intends to prosecute Mr. Zack in India under Indian criminal law.

"Not only is this campaign un-factual and unethical, it has harmed our
company and its principal's reputation as a leader in the Indian Realty sector
under the Indian Government's Integrated Township program, " states RIRIC
Chairman; Manoj Benjamin. "Court systems provide legal ways for dispute
mediation and regretfully, Mr. Zack opted to air his grievances against us
through this online smear campaign. Annoying someone anonymously via the
Internet, through a website or even by email; however is a federal crime with
stiff fines and prison time. And beyond being illegal, this is a great shame.
Our business practices remain and always have been transparent and sound."

Mr. Zack's grievances began in November 2007 when he filed a lawsuit with
RIRIC and the company, in turn, filed one against Mr. Zack. Negotiations failed
and when an arbitration date at a Colorado court was set for February 2008, Mr.
Zack did not appear. In February 2009 his lawsuit against RIRIC in British
Columbia was dismissed, and yet his online defamation campaign continues.

Mr. Benjamin states that whilst this campaign was designed to hinder and
harm RIRIC's operations, development and sales in India, the company remains
focused, growing and strong. Soon RIRIC will be clearing permissions from State
and Central authorities not only on the inaugural Royal Garden Villas & Resort
project but larger projects including a new affordable housing project and a
special economic zone (SEZ).



"As pioneers in the Indian Realty sector we always predicted the real
estate market would open and thrive. Presently India's real estate market lacks
regulation and is therefore highly unstructured, disorganized and far more
challenging than anything that has been encountered in the West. Despite this,
we have held in there patiently with India's archaic permissions process and
weathered political resistance. We have loyal investors and now with
permissions being granted on the Royal Garden and Villas Township we are going
full throttle ahead. We are proud of our endeavors in India; one of the world's
most economically vibrant nations for real estate. We remain committed to its
growth and to providing housing for this nation for many years to come."

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