Agency: Around four complaints have been filed with Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (CCAA) against Sandeep Rai Chamling of PandoraBiz for the Sandeep Rai Chamling (SRC) Mentorship Plan that claimed to teach crypto trading and help earn crypto currency, but complainants say that they instead lost their money and did not get the promised training.
The SRC Mentorship Plan consisted of people paying money to Sandeep upon which they would get to download the PandoraBiz App where there were preloaded videos of Sandeep talking about trading and links to FreeBitco.in a dubious crypto website known for crypto gambling.
Kezang Choden filed a complaint with the CCAA saying that she paid Nu 9,162 in total and was promised she would get USDT (Tether) 10 and also be taught how to do trading, but till date, she has not got any USDT nor has any training and guidance been provided.
She wrote in the complaint that after receiving the payment, the individual’s behavior changed completely as he became rude and uncooperative.
The paper talked to three more people all on the condition of anonymity who have also filed complaints with CCAA against Sandeep over SRC Mentorship Plan.
The second complainant said he paid Nu 6,262 for access, and he found that the video he had paid for in the App was expired within a month. Then he got another offer to pay another Nu 6,262 and join a lifetime access, but here again, he said he did not get the knowledge and value despite the promises and spending Nu 15,000 in total. He said he wants a refund.
The third complainant said he paid Nu 2,700 in 2024 and again Nu 6,262 around five months ago and there were promises of proper classes, and when he asked for classes he got a scolding instead. He too wants a refund now.
The fourth complainant said she too joined paying Nu 2,777 thinking she would get knowledge on trading, but there was no real service and she wants a refund. She said she had sent questions but there was no real reply.
The above are just official complaints whose numbers may grow as the days go by.
There are many more people coming to social media, especially under the comments section of Kezang’s Tiktok videos exposing and criticizing Sandeep’s SRC Mentorship Plan where people complain of the same saying they lost money under the same modus operandi.
Going by the posts on social media, there could be hundreds if not thousands of people falling victim to this.
Kintu D. Zangmo in the comments section in TikTok says, “Even I also joined Bitcoin but it was useless as he just says to watch the video. I lost Nu 2,700.”
