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He has been booked under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Emigration Act.Margao town PI Kapil Nayak told reporters that several cases had been booked against the accused earlier at various police stations for similar offences. “He, however, ran an illegal overseas recruitment agency from the office and had hired staff to assist him,” they said, adding that he didn’t possess any valid recruitment licence from the Protector of Emigrants of the Government of India.Acting on a complaint by Margao resident Xavier Fernandes, 21, a victim of the racket, the police swung into action and arrested Lourenco based on intelligence inputs about his whereabouts. Margao: The Margao town police on Tuesday arrested Arthur Kennedy Lourenco, 45, a resident of Aldona, on charges of duping nearly 50 persons after collecting huge sums of money from them by promising jobs abroad.Police suspect that the racket could be to the tune of Rs 30 to 50 lakh as the accused had allegedly collected Rs 67,000 from most of the 50 people since November last year.Sources in the police said the accused had opened a firm called Rainbow Developers, and operated from an office at Commerce House, Margao..