Foreign dreams: 602 fraud cases registered in 5 yrs Punjab: In the last five years, a total of 602 cases have been registered against immigration companies for duping people. Most of the victims have had to lose a considerable amount of money they may have earned either by selling their properties, working overtime or by taking loans. Inspite of them approaching the police, there is hardly any chance of getting their money back. Cases of people who are left with nothing committing suicide have also come to light.   According to records with the administration, there are more than 1,100 immigration firms in the district, of which only 32 are registered. Even though the high court has made registration of immigration firms mandatory, more than 80 firms are awaiting approval from the state government. With authorities failing to implement high court orders, unregistered firms continue to play havoc with people's lives.   Some Cases on Feb 28, 2012 Viec ludhiana {sachin jain} {ayush jain} are big cheaters .they don"t know how to do paper work for visa file.making false commitment and promises.they only know how to make people fool and demand money from them.they got 90% rejection in their files apllied in 2011.they make big promises while consulting and if anything goes wrong after that they always push their employees in front and blame them for all the mistakes .i applied for uk through viec but got rajection bcoz of their mistake as there were still some chances to correct that mistake in review but they delayed in sending my review.such big loosers.i applied for my refund in september and got it in febraury by talking to the college directly, they stopped picking my calls.and i got big loss ..   Take the case of Patiala resident Tarsem Singh, 35, who paid Rs 2.5 lakh to a Sector 70-based immigration firm in 2013-14. He was supposed to go to Dubai, for which he took a loan from relatives. "The firm told me that I got the job of driver and people would come to give me a passport and visa at the Amritsar airport. But no one came and I had to call the police. Even their cell phones were switched off," he said.   Last year, Sukhwant Singh, 28, a resident of Sangrur approached an immigration consultant, Rudraksh Group Overseas Solutions in Phase 1. The consultant failed to send Sukhwant abroad. Also, he did not get the Rs 2.5 lakh he paid after taking a loan with a massive rate of interest. Singh committed suicide by consuming poison in the office of the immigration firm in December. A case of abetment to suicide was registered.