Businessman Raj Kundra Questioned in Rs 2000 Crore Bitcoin Scam
Jun. 5, 2018After getting embroiled in a betting scandal a few years ago that saw the Rajasthan Royals being suspended from theIPLfor two years, controversial UK-based businessman, Raj Kundra, is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons.
Better known as the husband of Bollywood actress, Shilpa Shetty, Kundra was Monday interrogated by the Mumbai unit of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a Rs. 2,000-crore Bitcoin scam being probed by the agency.
According to reports, Kundra arrived at the south Mumbai office of ED (Zone 2) earlier today, and was questioned for several hours. Interestingly enough, the agency also claims that several popular actresses and had promoted the scheme through promotional videos. The names of the actresses were not officially revealed, nor was it immediately clear whether any of them are being accused of any crime.
The Bhardwaj brothers were arrested in Pune on April 5, but it isn’t immediately clear how Kundra is related to the investigations. All ED would say at this point is that it is probing the money-laundering angle, but there’s no word on whether Kundra is being looked at as a ‘Person of Interest’ or just as a witness.
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