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E G Abhishek (23), a resident of Aroli in Kannur's Pappinisseri, was arrested Tuesday evening.
According to the ED, the Highrich promoters paid their depositors Rs 1,422.16 crore of the Rs 1,673.10 crore raised, and the remaining Rs 250 crore was siphoned off.
The fraud, reported to police in May, was allegedly committed by Ratheeshan K (38), the secretary of the society.
The Kannur DCC has alleged that people close to M V Jayarajan were involved in the fraud.
The DCP said some officials of certain private banks outside the state have been colluding with the fraudsters.
ED confiscated assets worth Rs 29 crore, including that of CPM and other individuals involved in the case, Manorama News reported.
Balakrishnan Nair, who was a senior accountant at the Kollam branch of Dena Bank, will serve seven-year rigorous imprisonment for the fraud.
Ratheeshan K, secretary of the Society and the main accused in the fraud case, is missing.
Ratheeshan K (38), secretary of Karadka Agriculture Welfare Cooperative Society for the past 12 years, has vanished into thin air.
The four, including an underage boy, are accused of abetment to suicide of a Wayanad native.