ED Action On Shilpa Shetty Raj Kundra: ED has taken major action against Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra. The Mumbai branch of ED i.e. Enforcement Directorate has seized property worth Rs 97.79 crore belonging to film actress Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra under the PMLA Act. According to ED sources, the seized property includes a bungalow located in Juhu, which is in the name of Shilpa Shetty. It also includes a bungalow in Pune. Apart from this, ED has also seized some shares in the name of Raj Kundra.
In fact, the investigating agency ED had started an investigation under the PMLA Act on the basis of different FIRs registered in Maharashtra. It was alleged that M/s Variable Tech Private Limited, late Amit Bhardwaj, Ajay Bhardwaj, Vivek Bhardwaj, Simpy Bhardwaj, Mahendra Bhardwaj and other MLM agents acquired bitcoins worth about Rs 6600 crore in the year 2017 from investors on the basis of fake promises, who were assured of 10 percent returns. And used them for personal interests in bitcoin mining. This was a kind of Ponzi scheme.
ED alleges that Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra had obtained 285 bitcoins from the mastermind of this scam. Amit Bhardwaj obtained these bitcoins by deceiving investors and invested them in bitcoin mining in Ukraine. Raj Kundra got 285 bitcoins from the proceeds of crime of this scam, which are worth more than Rs 150 crore today. ED had raided this case and arrested three accused.
Let us tell you that last year Simpi Bhardwaj was arrested on 17 December 2023, Nitin Gaur on 29 December 2023 and Akhil Mahajan on 16 January 2023. All of them are still in jail. The main accused in this case, Ajay Bhardwaj and Mahendra Bhardwaj are still absconding, who are being searched by the investigating agency ED. Earlier in this case, the Enforcement Directorate has seized movable and immovable assets worth Rs 69 crore.
