A social media influencer, Sidra Khalil Humaid, accused of an Rs420 million ballot committee (BC) scandal, sought protection from harassment.
Sidra Khalil Humaid approached a court in Karachi and sought judicial protection from several persons who accused her of stealing their money in the name of ballot committees or ‘BC.’
The sessions court asked the SSP-complaint cell and Sharah-e-Faisal SHO to file responses by Dec 14.
Sidra Khalil Humaid’s attorney, Kamran Alam, said his client was accused of running an online financial scam despite neither selling nor advertising.
He said it was a typical approach to combine money from multiple people and return it to investors/members.
The lawyer pleaded that Sidra Khalil Humaid advised her social media investors not to panic and that their money would be reimbursed in the coming months.
He contended that a social media announcement isn’t internet fraud.
He said the applicant was willing to return the money to any genuine investor, but he claimed numerous people with fraudulent claims had also shown up to seek the money from his client, even though she owed them nothing.
The attorney stated people were bugging her and using foul language to get their money back.
He stated that on Dec 6 (today), a TCS application was made to the Sharah-e-Faisal SHO demanding protection from harassment and registering an FIR against the harassers after recording her statement.
The lawyer said the court was also asked to direct the SSP (Complaint Cell) and Sharah-e-Faisal SHO to record the applicant’s statement and file an FIR if a crime was committed.
The petitioner feared for her safety and asked the court for protection.
Sidra Humaid, owner of a home-based food business ‘Daily Bites’ and handicraft start-up ‘Cróise,’ is accused of defrauding hundreds of her depositors by claiming on social media that she had “no means to pay off her committees.”
Social media has been buzzing with news of Ponzi scam victims since last week. As a result, many victims created WhatsApp groups to fight Humaid.
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