S. Nair,[2] directors of the company, allegedly collected advance amounts from large number of people and investors by offering to make them business partners, or in the guise of installing alternate sources of energy and failed to deliver the goods.
[4] There were widespread protests across the state, mainly by Leftist youth groups, after an interview with an industrialist was aired on television, which alleged fraud by the company.
It caused great embarrassment to Chandy, who faced demands for his resignation; two of the officials involved in phone conversation, lost their positions.
The director of the Public Relations Department, who allegedly received Rs 500,000 from the Team Solar man, has been suspended and has gone underground fearing arrest.
[14] She was arrested on the complaint of one of the persons who she had defrauded, in Ambalapuzha[15] She later requested the Economic Offences court where her case is being heard, that she wanted to give a secret statement,[16] which would help to broaden the scope of the investigation.
[21][22] Allegations against the Chief Minister Oommen Chandy have been raised, due to phone calls made by his personal staff and forged letters[23] which were used by the fraudsters to defraud customers.
[27] Mounting pressure on Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to tender for a judicial investigation and thereby his resignation over the solar scam, the CPI (M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) on 12 August 2013, had conducted an indefinite, allegedly illegal siege on the state secretariat which lasted for 30 hours.
[28][29] The siege was addressed by Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) chief H.D Deve Gowda and CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat.
[30] The Left Democratic Front in Kerala had demanded a judicial investigation in the scam, which was later allowed by the government which led to the conclusion of the siege.