Chennai dealers in shock over fraud

NR Sethuraman

Chennai

May 26, 2008

In what is probably the biggest scam to have hit IT dealers in Chennai, a
fraudster has duped 35 dealers of around Rs 4 crore. Kalyana Sundaram,
Proprietor, Zen Supreme Computers is the main accused in the case.

Mylapore-based Zen Supreme Computers, registered under the name of Hemalatha,
wife of Sundaram, allegedly brought material from dealers and distributors
across Chennai using fake cheques.

After failing to recover their money, dealers registered a case with the
police. When contacted by The DQ Week the officer incharge of the investigation
at the Crime Branch Department, Police Commissionerate, Chennai informed that 29
dealers across Chennai had registered a complaint under the leadership of
Thankshuk Chand of Access Computers against Zen Supreme Computers. He further
said that the police have registered a case citing Sundaram of Zen Supreme
Computers as the primary accused in the case, and his wife-Hemalatha and
brother Balasubramanium as the co-accused.

Meanwhile, it is learnt that Ritchie Street dealers are planning to call for
a one-day total shutdown next week to condemn the incident.

Read detailed report in The DQ Week, issue dated May 26-June 1, 2008