My name is Sharad and I am a businessman. I met Prashanth Balaji Singh in a trade fair and he said that he is an exporter of metals and minerals. He seemed like a good person and knowledgeable too.
At that point I didn’t have a shared or common interest and took his card and forgot all about him. Some six months back he called me asking if I interested in importing scrap metal. He said his friend based in Brazil wanted to export scrap metals to India and was seeking a trader here but since he was already involved in importing the metal from elsewhere and had signed a non-competence clause.
I didn’t agree to it at first but he was persuasive and met me at my office and asked me to at least meet with his friend before I rejected the whole idea. We met his friend the following week. His friend Ghansham said that he knew a shipyard where a ship was about to go for scrap in SA and that he wanted to sell it India as it was the biggest market and didn’t know anyone here and a lot of more bullshit. I didn’t doubt for a second that he could be taking me for a ride.
Prashanth said that all I had to do was make an invoice and that he would take care of the rest. Then came the biggest clause he wanted me to make payment to him and that he would forward the money to his friend in SA so I wouldn’t have to worry about the conversion and all.
It sounded perfect and I agreed I made a part payment of $10,000 nearly Rs. 7,00,000. I knew that scrap metal would be of a good value in India owing to the several infrastructure projects and the increasing need for iron. Prashanth said that I had made a sweet deal and said that he expected a commission of 10% from the deal which was a lot but I knew I would make a profit of nearly 30% and managed to dissuade him and get him to agree to a 4% commission. Prashanth wanted the money to be wired to his bank account in Dubai RAK Bank which I promptly did.
At this point of time I didn’t know that Prashanth was a fraud or that he is wanted in several countries for hawala. The shipment was supposed to arrive in a month and it didn’t, Prashanth said that it was delayed by two-weeks. I had to pay the rest of the amount nearly $10,000 to Prashant once the consignment arrived. I get a call from Ghanshyam that he is in dire need of money and if I could advance him some more. He sounded desperate and I decided to pay him $5,000 via Prashanth.
The shipment doesn’t arrive on time; I am still under the impression that it is late whereas there was no such shipment sent. Prashanth was the ring leader and Ghanshyam was just a pawn. They made me pay money in advance so that they could run away with it. I tried calling Prashanth and Ghanshyam both their numbers were unreachable.
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Dear Mr. Sharad, thank you for the alert. I have known Prashanth Balaji for long. First to start with 1.Mr. Prashanth Balaji is worth much more then $ 10,000. 2. He is not in to scrap business. Scrap deals is not as small as $ 10,000. I understand you have no knowledge of the business. 3. Have some proof of what you write. 4. Mr. Prashanth Balaji is not living or travelled to India in the last 2 years, so please get your facts right before you blow your trumpet. You seem to be his biggest fan, you have taken out so much time to write all this above i am sure your are jobless. Try to be a man, put your details too, even earlier to this you made same kind of statement on the internet. I am not trying to stop you but appreciate your obsession with Mr. Prashanth Balaji. My name is Vikram and i live in Germany.
by giving fake information here does not mean he is innocent Prashanth is a big fraud and we all will prove it we will drag him to court and show his real face to the world soon
Can you provide more information, bank details, courts proceedings, screenshots of money transferred?
Dear Mr. Sharad, thank you for the alert. 1. Mr. Prashanth Balaji is worth much more then $ 10,000. 2, Mr. Prashanth Balaji has not travelled to India in more then 2 years now. 3, He is not in to scrap business and scrap business does not happen for $ 10,000. I guess you have no idea what you are talking. 4, Get your facts right and try to have some proof. 5, Even if you have lost money no one who reads this above article is going to pay you. I m sure you too know this but you are putting this up to spoil someone’s image. 6, In this process you are turning out to be Mr. Prashanth Balaji’s biggest fan. 7, I am not asking you to stop it, instead put the same interest in yourself you may become better then him.
Dear Sharad, First of all I would like thank you for posting this complaint. First of all I would like to bring your kind notice that the below comments Submitted in the Name of Vikram that is submitted by Mr.Prashanth balaji Singh only. My self is Vijay from Dubai, UAE. I know Mr.Prashanth Singh Balaji since 3 years. He is a white collar Criminal. Mr.Prashanth Balaji Singh did the same thing with me also. He approaches in professional that no one gets a small doubt of his criminal activities. I personally know 8 to 9 people who lost their money with Prashanth Singh Balaji. We can’t we make a mass complaint in Dubai Police? Please share your contact details at [email protected] so that we can discuss about our further move. This is the right time to take action.
Dear Sharad, Thank you for posting complaint against Mr.Prashanth Balaji Singh. First of all I would like to bring to your kind attention that the below to comments by the name Vikram submitted by Mr.Prashanth Balaji Singh only. My self Mr.Vijay I am living in Dubai since 12 years. I know Mr.Prashanth Balaji singh since many years. His main source of income his cheating innocent people by the name of Mining, scrap exports etc. He is a smart white collar criminal. He registered 2 fake companies in India and Dubai only for the purpose of collecting the money from innocnet people. I recently made an enquiry on his Indian registered company FLEURS METALS AND MINERALS PRIVATE LIMITED. Since after registering in India he never filled any IT returns on this company. The pupose of registering this company is to take bank account and to get registered in Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC). After registering Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) he took a company bank account in RAK BANK. He took basic knowledge of mining from one of his friend. He visits others mining area along with a professional photographer to take pictures & video to upload in youtube, on his website(www.prashanthbalaji.com) and social media. By showing this pictures and company documents (fake registered for cheating) he proves himself as a real miner. I personally know more than 9 people cheated by Mr.Prashanth Balaji Singh. I am having some reliable documents of Mr.Prashanth Balaji Singh. Sharad, why can’t we make a mass complaint in Dubai Police? and also with foreign external affairs. Please share me your contact details at [email protected] for further move.
Dear Sharad, Thank you for posting complaint against Mr.Prashanth Balaji Singh. First of all I would like to bring to your kind attention that the below to comments by the name Vikram submitted by Mr.Prashanth Balaji Singh only. My self Mr.Vijay I am living in Dubai since 12 years. I know Mr.Prashanth Balaji singh since many years. His main source of income his cheating innocent people by the name of Mining, scrap exports etc. He is a smart white collar criminal. He registered 2 fake companies in India and Dubai only for the purpose of collecting the money from innocnet people. I recently made an enquiry on his Indian registered company FLEURS METALS AND MINERALS PRIVATE LIMITED. Since after registering in India he never filled any IT returns on this company. The pupose of registering this company is to take bank account and to get registered in Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC). After registering Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) he took a company bank account in RAK BANK. He took basic knowledge of mining from one of his friend. He visits others mining area along with a professional photographer to take pictures & video to upload in youtube, on his website(www.prashanthbalaji.com) and social media. By showing this pictures and company documents (fake registered for cheating) he proves himself as a real miner. I personally know more than 9 people cheated by Mr.Prashanth Balaji Singh. I am having some important documents of Mr.Prashanth Balaji Singh. Sharad, why can’t we make a mass complaint in Dubai Police? and also with foreign external affairs. Please share me your contact details at [email protected] for further move.
Dear Mr. Sharad/are the same, thank you for the alert. I have known Prashanth Balaji for long. First to start with 1.Mr. Prashanth Balaji is worth much more then $ 10,000. 2. He is not in to scrap business. Scrap deals is not as small as $ 10,000. I understand you have no knowledge of the business. 3. Have some proof of what you write. 4. Mr. Prashanth Balaji is not living or travelled to India in the last 2 years, so please get your facts right before you blow your trumpet. You seem to be his biggest fan, you have taken out so much time to write all this above i am sure your are jobless. Try to be a man, put your details too, even earlier to this you made same kind of statement on the internet. I am not trying to stop you but appreciate your obsession with Mr. Prashanth Balaji. My name is Vikram and i live in Germany.
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Dear Mr. Vijay and Mr. Sharad, thank you for the article. My name is Vikram as i mentioned earlier. I have spoken to Mr. Prashanth Balaji Singh, your actual name is Shubash. You call yourself, Karthik, Sharad, Vijay, Ashsih etc. Creating a new email in the name of Vijay is easy. You are just fooling yourself.
Once cited to be one of the most extreme businesses in the world, Prashanth Balaji Singh has excelled himself into becoming the ‘prototypical entrepreneur’ and has built his entire empire on that definition. Prashanth Balaji approaches each challenge with his intrinsic flair for innovation, creative problem solving and measured risk taking to drive consistent bottom-line improvements and shareholder returns.
Prashanth Balaji began his career in the floriculture business and established The Fleurs Group. Fluers began exporting fresh cut flowers from India, Malaysia, Thailand and other South East Asian countries globally and under his helm, Fleurs became the first company to export fresh Jasmine flowers from India to New York, which was later followed up by processing of jasmine flowers in India on a commercial scale.
Recognised as a highly potential businessman, Prashanth was readily willing to diversify his growing business. “What’s in the bloodline, always stays in the bloodline”, true to this quote, in 2007, he ventured into the burgeoning world of mining, thus creating the Fleurs Minerals Company and seated at its helm as the founder and chairman of the group. Fleurs Minerals today, operates in South America, Europe, India and Australia and deals in ferrous metals, base metals and gold. Since the family was successfully running the mining business long before Prashanth established his own, he had an acute understanding of the international markets and was soon able to tap into the ferrous metal markets, leading with iron ore and precious metal markets, along with gold and began dealing with some of its largest producers from Australia and Brazil.
In today’s world, Fleurs Minerals is truly a household business name when it comes to mining brands and has established offices around the globe from Sydney, Sao Paulo, Dubai and Germany. Back in 2012, with the commodities market plunging deeper into crisis, forcing a lot of small, medium and large businesses, Prashanth Balaji with his high technical expertise and vast on-site mining experience helped him to not only sustain but also flourish in the mining business. He strongly believes in the importance of team-work and hence maintains a close network of highly skilled professionals across the mining, shipping, transportation and banking industries. It was with the help of these professional associates, Fleurs Group was able to take over operations of a high-grade iron ore mine in Brazil and run its operations successfully till date.
With suppliers and buyers spread across the globe, Prashanth Balaji took Fluers to venture deep into European regions for mining operations in some of the oldest and largest steel mills in the world. Today, some of his clients in Germany are in operation for nearly 300 years, and still continue to flourish within the mining industry. Fleurs is now well established in the heart of Europe and the office in Germany oversees the entire marketing of the group’s activity from Europe, evolving into a multi-global mining empire with many years of successful operation to its belt.
Today, Prashanth Balaji operates Fleurs Group from a wide network of cities and often travels to the other regional offices overlooking the group’s progress and growth. Under his leadership, the Fleurs Group has seen a 35% profit growth over the years and is will be successfully widening his global reach into other parts of the world, namely North America and the African continent.
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Hi All,
Whatever written here is really true coz it happened with me also Prashanth is a big fraud man and he has stolen money from many people i am also one of the victim of his so called scam under Fleurs and now he has started new scam under name of scam under name of Fleurs flowers these 2 companies are doing big fraud and looting innocent people, we need to stand against these companies and file complains against them in police station which i am going to do it in Dubai police station soon
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It’s very sad to see a review about Prashanth Balaji I personally had business with him I don’t find any financial issues till now I don’t think he is a fraud. Prashanth Balaji now he is into mining business and travel to office in Germany and other places also.
He has good reputation offline has good investors joined hands with him. he is an young enterpeneure. Very dedicated to my knowledge.
I am not a writer but when I saw this review is couldint stand.
Please check relevancy before writing an online reviews.
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Deepak.u.v