During the raid at his house, police had recovered Rs 44.7 lakh in cash, four luxury vehicles bearing fake diplomatic number plates, forged documents allegedly linked to foreign ministries, 34 seals of different micronations—some of which were fictitious—20 number plates with diplomatic tags, and 12 passports.The material recovered, police claimed, was used by Jain to bolster his false diplomatic status.Officials said Jain, 47, had allegedly been posing as an envoy for several unrecognised micronations—including Westarctica, Seborga, Ladonia, and the fictional virtual state of Paulovia—and using these claims to establish a fraudulent consular setup in Ghaziabad.According to investigators, Jain first came into contact with controversial godman Chandraswami in London around 2000. Chandraswami allegedly introduced him to Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi and Syed Ehsan Ali, a Hyderabad-born associate who was convicted in Switzerland last year for financial fraud involving offshore companies.According to sources in the STF, Jain will be questioned during police custody about offshore accounts and firms and his links with Ali, Chandraswami, and Khashoggi. A lot of details are reportedly present in a diary recovered during his arrest.As per the sources, Jain had taken up to 150–200 foreign trips to over 30 countries and is believed to have co-founded several overseas firms with Ali. The STF has already approached Interpol for issuance of a Blue Corner Notice to trace Jain’s international operations and network.
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