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In 2007, a case was brought against Eswaran by two former associates over the repayment of a 1997 loan. Although the accusers later admitted to receiving over $750,000 in dividends in the years following the loan<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news5_aug13_2007|title=Vijay Eswaran cleared of all charges|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=http://questforum.blogspot.ca/2007/08/vijay-eswaran-cleared-of-all-charges.html|archive-date=2007-08-14|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>, the case was escalated by a Filipino court.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/53782/news/goldquest-execs-seek-relief-from-supreme-court/|title=GoldQuest execs seek relief from Supreme Court|website=GMA News Online|access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref> Following the posting of an Interpol notice<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/07/asia/AS-GEN-Malaysia-Indonesia-Fraud.php|title=Report: Indonesian ex-president helps catch Malaysian businessman in fraud case|date=7 May 2007|work=International Herald Tribune|accessdate=28 March 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070512152016/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/07/asia/AS-GEN-Malaysia-Indonesia-Fraud.php|archivedate=12 May 2007}} (Sourced from the Wayback Machine.)</ref>, Eswaran was detained in Indonesia. After two months under house arrest in Jakarta, Eswaran was cleared by an Indonesian court of all wrongdoing. Both Interpol and the Filipino court dismissed the charges soon after.<ref name="Forbes: Selling A Better Life">{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/donaldfrazier/2012/10/24/selling-a-better-life/|title=Selling a better life|last=Frazier|first=Donald|date=2012-10-24|newspaper=Forbes Asia|accessdate=15 January 2013|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.island.lk/2007/08/12/news2.html|title=News - Sunday Island|website=www.island.lk|access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/58067/news/doj-drops-estafa-case-vs-goldquest-executives/|title=DoJ drops estafa case vs GoldQuest executives|website=GMA News Online|access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref>
Vijay Eswaran, his business partner Joseph Bismark, Tagumpay Kintanar and Donna Marie Imson were accused in Jakarta on May 3 of allegedly defrauding two Filipinos of more $100,000 in Goldquest pyramiding scheme after arrest warrants were issued by Judge Vargas. They were charged before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court of syndicated estafa which was a non-bailable offence on the basis of a criminal complaint. The Department of Justice, Office of the City Prosecutor later dropped the charges following a Jakarata courts dismissal of the extradition request from the National Bureau of Investigation and citing it to be a civil liability and not a criminal case.<ref>[http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/content/53782/goldquest-execs-seek-relief-from-supreme-court/story/]</ref><ref>[http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/content/58067/doj-drops-estafa-case-vs-goldquest-executives/story/]</ref> In May 2007 The International Herald Tribune reported his arrest on an [[Interpol]] warrant.<ref>{{cite news |title=Report: Indonesian ex-president helps catch Malaysian businessman in fraud case |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/07/asia/AS-GEN-Malaysia-Indonesia-Fraud.php |work=International Herald Tribune |date=7 May 2007 |accessdate=28 March 2010 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070512152016/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/07/asia/AS-GEN-Malaysia-Indonesia-Fraud.php |archivedate = 12 May 2007}} (Sourced from the Wayback Machine.)</ref> A dispute in [[Manila]], Philippines filed by two former partners of the original founding team was escalated to an alleged ‘offence’ leading to an Interpol Red alert listing of four directors. These included the two main founders, Vijay Eswaran, who was then Group Managing Director and Joseph ‘Japa’ Bismark, Founding Director. The case was fought out substantially in the courts of Manila and Jakarta.The Goldquest executives had asked the Philippines Supreme Court to stop the Quezeon City Regional Court trial pending resolution of a petition for review.<ref>[http://www.island.lk/2007/08/12/news2.html]</ref> After three weeks, Indonesian courts released him; a Manila court dismissed the charge soon afterward.<ref name="Forbes: Selling A Better Life">{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/donaldfrazier/2012/10/24/selling-a-better-life/|accessdate=15 January 2013|newspaper=Forbes Asia|date=2012-10-24|first=Donald|last=Frazier}}</ref>
His name features in the list of people against whom lookout notice has been issued by Mumbai police in India.<ref>[http://www.moneylife.in/article/qnet-mumbai-police-issue-lookout-notice-against-10-including-michael-ferreira-vijay-eswaran/35824/70210.html]</ref>


In 2008, in a case filed in Chennai, India, Eswaran entered a dispute with former company investors, who were seeking damages after accruing losses. The case was taken to the Indian Supreme Court<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/126350324/Qnet-Police-final-report-Chargesheet-in-c-c-no-3876-2009-pending-before-Cmm-Court-Chennai|title=Qnet Police final report Chargesheet in c c no 3876 2009 pending before Cmm Court Chennai|website=Scribd|language=en|access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref>, which decided to quash the proceedings<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Criminal-proceedings-can-be-quashed-if-its-not-a-grievous-offence-SC/articleshow/42391768.cms|title=Criminal proceedings can be quashed if it’s not a grievous offence: SC|last=|first=|date=13 Sep 2014|work=The Times of India|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-cetera/goldquest-welcomes-sc-order/articleshow/5852196.cms|title=GoldQuest welcomes SC order|date=2010-04-24|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref>, ruling that Eswaran was not responsible for any investor losses.
In the Gold Quest Scam of 2008 in Chennai, India, where thousands of investors lost money, Vijay Eswaran, was charged as an absconding accused in the chargesheet filed by the police before the Magistrate Court.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/126350324/Qnet-Police-final-report-Chargesheet-in-c-c-no-3876-2009-pending-before-Cmm-Court-Chennai]</ref> The case was fought out to the Supreme Court, with the Supreme Court allowing the quashing of the entire proceedings.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Criminal-proceedings-can-be-quashed-if-its-not-a-grievous-offence-SC/articleshow/42391768.cms|title=Criminal proceedings can be quashed if it’s not a grievous offence: SC|last=|first=|date=13 Sep 2014|work=The Times of India|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> The Supreme Court appointed a one-man commission, a retired Judge of the Madras High Court, to settle all legitimate claims of around 200 depositors.<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-cetera/goldquest-welcomes-sc-order/articleshow/5852196.cms]</ref>
Enforcement Directorate, Chennai, has provisionally attached properties worth 150 crore of Gold Quest International in a case of money circulation and cheating under Prevention of Money Laundering Act.<ref>[http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/ed-attaches-gold-quest-internationals-properties/article9618082.ece]</ref><ref>[http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/060417/rs-150-crore-gold-quest-properties-attached-by-ed.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.moneylife.in/article/qnet-ed-attaches-assets-worth-rs150-crore-of-gold-quest/50168.html]</ref> Though there is a Red Corner notice pending against Eswaran, he is yet to be arrested and brought to India.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/QNeT-founder-Eshwaran-safe-in-Hong-Kong-earning-crores/articleshow/54947724.cms]</ref> In an interview about the charges, Vijay Eswaran has denied any wrongdoing, and dismissed the claims as being indicative of corruption and poor journalistic standards in India. Qnet has also stated that Vijay Eswaran is neither director, nor shareholder of Qnet's Indian franchise(Vihaan Direct Selling Pvt. Ltd.).<ref>{{cite news|title=Vijay Eswaran denies fraud allegations|url=http://issuu.com/vijayeswaran/docs/the_edge|newspaper=The Edge Financial Weekly}}</ref>


In 2013, Eswaran was named in an ongoing investigation by the Economic Offences wing of the Indian Government in relation to the operations of QNet.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-18/mumbai/41422291_1_qnet-police-custody-eow|title=EOW makes first arrest in QNet case - The Times of India|work=The Times Of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/D6JaDQCS6ymHi9a8xahzyH/QNet-scam-Lookout-notices-against-Michael-Ferreira-four-ot.html|title=QNet scam: Lookout notices against Michael Ferreira, four others|last=PTI|date=2014-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-29/mumbai/41579812_1_marketing-firm-qnet-cheating-case|title=Cops freeze 6 bank accounts of marketing firm - The Times of India|work=The Times Of India}}</ref> A ruling on this investigation by the Indian Supreme Court is due in January 2018.
In August 2013, a newspaper in India reported that Vijay Eswaran was being investigated by the Economic Offences wing in regards to [[Qnet]], which he founded.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-18/mumbai/41422291_1_qnet-police-custody-eow | work=The Times Of India | title=EOW makes first arrest in QNet case - The Times of India}}</ref> The Economic Offences Wing issued lookout notice against Eswaran and a few others, after he failed to appear before the authorities for questioning.<ref>[http://www.livemint.com/Politics/D6JaDQCS6ymHi9a8xahzyH/QNet-scam-Lookout-notices-against-Michael-Ferreira-four-ot.html]</ref><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cops-probe-involvement-of-boman-iranis-son-in-qnet-scam/1/334963.html]</ref> Police have frozen six of Qnet's bank accounts in the country.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-29/mumbai/41579812_1_marketing-firm-qnet-cheating-case | work=The Times Of India | title=Cops freeze 6 bank accounts of marketing firm - The Times of India}}</ref> QNet has refuted the allegations fully in stating that its operations are legal, compliant and transparent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessforhome.org/2014/04/qnets-india-ops-are-legal-compliant-and-transparent/|title="QNets India ops are legal compliant and transparent"|last=Nguyen|first=Ted|date=4 April 2014|website=Business for Home|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
The [[Enforcement Directorate]] in 2014 has alleged [[money laundering]] against Vijay Eswaran and his company [[Qnet]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Enforcement-Directorate-files-case-against-QNet-and-others/articleshow/29960438.cms]</ref> This allegation has been refuted by both the company QNet and Vijay Eswaran.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.conceptbiu.com/View.aspx?piRGa221Fw8tVEL2B3uoq908bDPFuVpp4hzpCKoA1kOpVnzOmq0Nmgk7thH0BKZEKLD6q6FJlSYyh5EQy75mN222lW7TLsq7/A1ae5oLsrcERSVWzRL3gmSyCz2qKbEq|title="QNET shocked at money laundering charges"|last=|first=|date=7 February 2014|website=Concept BIU|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Vijay Eswaran denies fraud allegations|url=http://issuu.com/vijayeswaran/docs/the_edge|newspaper=The Edge Financial Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://globalprimenews.com/2017/01/01/qnet-responds-to-allegations-in-charge-sheet/|title="QNET Responds to Allegations in Charge sheet"|last=Murdeshwar|first=Sachin|date=1 January 2017|website=Global Prime News|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> After 3 years of probe, the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police filed a 55,000 page chargesheet in connection with the [[Qnet]] Scam. The key accused and mastermind of the scam Vijay Eswaran of the QI Group is still absconding as told by the special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat. <ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/qnet-scam-eow-files-55-000-page-chargesheet-after-3-years-of-probe/story-mnmT60CzLZODNXCelO0nPP.html]</ref>

The Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) court said that prima facie the business of [[Qnet]], of founder Vijay Eswaran, was not legal.<ref>[http://www.moneylife.in/article/qnet-mpid-court-says-activities-of-the-mlm-are-lsquonot-legalrsquo/50138.html]</ref><ref>{{cite|url=http://onlineepaper.asianage.com/articledetailpage.aspx?id=7768713}}</ref> The Supreme Court granted conditional bail to [[Michael Ferreira]] and Malcolm Nozer Desai, shareholders of Vihaan Direct Selling Pvt Ltd., a franchise of [[Qnet]] in India. Both were directed to cooperate with the investigations.The court also stayed proceedings in 19 FIRs filed across the country.<ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/q-net-scam-sc-relief-for-michael-ferreira-but-he-still-can-t-leave-india-117032800230_1.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.firstpost.com/business/michael-ferreira-gets-bail-in-rs-1000-cr-qnet-scam-heres-how-the-padma-awardee-got-into-trouble-3355662.html]</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

Revision as of 05:47, 22 January 2018

Vijay Eswaran
Horasis Asia Meeting 2016, Bangkok, 26-27 November
Born (1960-10-07) 7 October 1960 (age 63)
Penang, Malaysia
NationalityMalay
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Southern Illinois University
OccupationExecutive Chairman of QI Group
SpouseUmayal Eswaran
Parent(s)Vijayaratnam Eswaran
Pushpavathy Chinnaiah
WebsiteVijay Eswaran

Vijay Eswaran (born 7 October 1960) is a Malaysian businessman[2] who is the Executive Chairman of the QI Group, (legal name: Qi group)[3] headquartered in Hong Kong.

Early life

Vijay Eswaran was born in Penang on 7 October 1960 to Pushpavathy Chinnaiah, a teacher and Vijayaratnam Saravanamuthu, who was with the Malaysian Ministry of Labour.[4] Vijayaratnam's work with the Labour Ministry had the family moving to different parts of Malaysia during Vijay Eswaran's childhood.

After graduating with a degree in socio-economics in LSE (London School of Economics) in 1984, he bummed around Europe for a year, where he did a series of jobs inlcuding working in a construction site in Belgium and plucking grapes in France. [5] It was in the UK that he was introduced to binary system marketing, and that prompted him to obtain a professional qualification from CIMA in the UK, followed by an MBA from the Southern Illinois University in 1986.[6] At this time he was involved in multilevel marketing (MLM) on a part-time basis while working for Synaptics in the U.S.

He then spent several years working as an information systems engineer for various companies in North America and South-East Asia, including IBM. [7]

It wasn't until his return to Malaysia - 13 years after leaving it - where he was approached by the Cosway Group to start its Philippines business, that he began looking at MLM more seriously. [8]

QI group

In 1998, after his return to Asia, he co-founded[9][10] a multilevel marketing company that grew and expand into QI Group[11], an e-commerce based conglomerate with businesses in travel, media, telecommunications, luxury products, wellness, training, and corporate investments.[12] QI Group has regional offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia and a presence in nearly 10 countries through a wide range of subsidiary companies.[13] Green Venture Capital, a subsidiary of QI Group is currently constructing Qi City, a RM 1.2 billion commercial and residential development, in Bandar Meru Raya.[14][15]

Speaker

Vijay Eswaran has spoken at management and business forums including the sixth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in India,[16] and the World Economic Forum.[17][18]

Author

His first book In the Sphere of Silence, was published in 2005.[19] It explains his personal life management philosophy and his habit of starting each day with an hour of silence.[20][21] His second book, In the Thinking Zone, a collection of thoughts and reflections on life, was released in May 2008. His third book, 18 Stepping Stones, was released in 2010. On the Wings of Thought, a collection of his photography, was released in 2011.[22]

Philanthropy

Vijay Eswaran has established the RYTHM Foundation as the corporate social responsibility arm of the QI group.[23] In Malaysia, Vijay Eswaran also established a charitable organization, the Vijayaratnam Foundation, which is named after his father.[24]

Controversies

Further information: Qnet Controversies

Vijay Eswaran, his business partner Joseph Bismark, Tagumpay Kintanar and Donna Marie Imson were accused in Jakarta on May 3 of allegedly defrauding two Filipinos of more $100,000 in Goldquest pyramiding scheme after arrest warrants were issued by Judge Vargas. They were charged before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court of syndicated estafa which was a non-bailable offence on the basis of a criminal complaint. The Department of Justice, Office of the City Prosecutor later dropped the charges following a Jakarata courts dismissal of the extradition request from the National Bureau of Investigation and citing it to be a civil liability and not a criminal case.[25][26] In May 2007 The International Herald Tribune reported his arrest on an Interpol warrant.[27] A dispute in Manila, Philippines filed by two former partners of the original founding team was escalated to an alleged ‘offence’ leading to an Interpol Red alert listing of four directors. These included the two main founders, Vijay Eswaran, who was then Group Managing Director and Joseph ‘Japa’ Bismark, Founding Director. The case was fought out substantially in the courts of Manila and Jakarta.The Goldquest executives had asked the Philippines Supreme Court to stop the Quezeon City Regional Court trial pending resolution of a petition for review.[28] After three weeks, Indonesian courts released him; a Manila court dismissed the charge soon afterward.[29] His name features in the list of people against whom lookout notice has been issued by Mumbai police in India.[30]

In the Gold Quest Scam of 2008 in Chennai, India, where thousands of investors lost money, Vijay Eswaran, was charged as an absconding accused in the chargesheet filed by the police before the Magistrate Court.[31] The case was fought out to the Supreme Court, with the Supreme Court allowing the quashing of the entire proceedings.[32] The Supreme Court appointed a one-man commission, a retired Judge of the Madras High Court, to settle all legitimate claims of around 200 depositors.[33] Enforcement Directorate, Chennai, has provisionally attached properties worth 150 crore of Gold Quest International in a case of money circulation and cheating under Prevention of Money Laundering Act.[34][35][36] Though there is a Red Corner notice pending against Eswaran, he is yet to be arrested and brought to India.[37] In an interview about the charges, Vijay Eswaran has denied any wrongdoing, and dismissed the claims as being indicative of corruption and poor journalistic standards in India. Qnet has also stated that Vijay Eswaran is neither director, nor shareholder of Qnet's Indian franchise(Vihaan Direct Selling Pvt. Ltd.).[38]

In August 2013, a newspaper in India reported that Vijay Eswaran was being investigated by the Economic Offences wing in regards to Qnet, which he founded.[39] The Economic Offences Wing issued lookout notice against Eswaran and a few others, after he failed to appear before the authorities for questioning.[40][41] Police have frozen six of Qnet's bank accounts in the country.[42] QNet has refuted the allegations fully in stating that its operations are legal, compliant and transparent.[43] The Enforcement Directorate in 2014 has alleged money laundering against Vijay Eswaran and his company Qnet.[44] This allegation has been refuted by both the company QNet and Vijay Eswaran.[45][46][47] After 3 years of probe, the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police filed a 55,000 page chargesheet in connection with the Qnet Scam. The key accused and mastermind of the scam Vijay Eswaran of the QI Group is still absconding as told by the special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat. [48]

The Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) court said that prima facie the business of Qnet, of founder Vijay Eswaran, was not legal.[49][50] The Supreme Court granted conditional bail to Michael Ferreira and Malcolm Nozer Desai, shareholders of Vihaan Direct Selling Pvt Ltd., a franchise of Qnet in India. Both were directed to cooperate with the investigations.The court also stayed proceedings in 19 FIRs filed across the country.[51][52]

Personal life

He is married to Umayal Eswaran who is the Chairperson of the Vijayaratnam Foundation.[53]

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