A couple has been booked for allegedly duping several people who work as house helps by promising them high returns on their investments under the pretext of a new investment scheme for the poor during the COVID-19 pandemic. The police arrested the husband, James Kutten, while his wife Jackeline has not been arrested because she has a small child to take care of. 

According to police sources, Velankani Chetti, 31, who worked as a house help for the Kuttens at their Malad West house since November last year, is one of the complainants. Chetti alleged that the duo, in November 2020, told her that they started a scheme for house helps during the pandemic wherein the couple will provide the investors with coupons to get ration including groceries and toiletries for two months for an investment of Rs 500.