Express News Service KASARAGOD: Kasaragod police stumbled on a Rs 500-crore pyramid scheme that duped thousands of investors while they were investigating an abduction case. Police arrested Mohammed Javed (28), a native of Udyawar in Manjeshwar, believed to be an early investor in the illegal money circulation scheme. "He made Rs 1.08 crore but around 4,300 persons who were added to the network by him lost around Rs 47 crore," said Kasaragod DySP PP Sadanandan, an expert in financial fraud. Police suspect that the fraudulent scheme has spread its tentacles in Kerala, Karnataka, the UAE, and Thailand. Sadanandan said that the alleged fraud was perpetrated by a company called 'My Club Trades' or MCT, which its website says has an office in Bangkok.