Cyber Crime
These 10 Bollywood Celebs were grilled by cops in fraud cases, details inside
1. Tamannaah Bhatia: Summoned by Maharashtra Cyber Police for promoting FairPlay app during IPL 2023, allegedly linked to Mahadev betting app. Viacom 18 filed complaint over unauthorized IPL broadcast, leading to investigation revealing payments to celebrities.
2. Nora Fatehi: Summoned by ED in Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s money laundering case. Accused of involvement in extortion racket. Second summons in ongoing probe.
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3. Yami Gautam: Summoned by ED for FEMA violation, undisclosed ₹1.5 crore. Second summons due to the pandemic. Investigation into financial irregularities.
4. Rhea Chakrobarty: summoned again in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. The ED alleges non-cooperation and suspicious financial transactions. Scrutiny of assets and firms linked to her.
5. Ranbir Kapoor: Summoned in the Mahadev online betting app case. Alleged promotion and payments from the platform. Investigation into lavish wedding expenses and celebrity involvement.
6. Rakul Preet Singh: Summoned by ED in the Telugu film industry drug case. Previous NCB scrutiny in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. Linked to high-end drug rackets.
7. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: summoned in the Panama Papers case. The ED has been investigating the foreign remittances of the Bachchan family since 2004.
8. Kapil Sharma: summoned along with Huma Qureshi and Hina Khan in the Mahadev betting app probe. Alleged promotion and involvement in lavish weddings. ED is scrutinizing the app’s money laundering operations.
9. Jacqueline Fernandes: Alleged involvement in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case linked to Sukesh Chandrasekhar. ED claims concealment of evidence. Denies accusations and cites victimhood. Accuses ED of bias.
10. Aryan Khan: He was apprehended on October 3, 2021. However, a special investigation team (SIT) assembled by the NCB exonerated Aryan Khan on May 27 the following year, dismissing allegations of his involvement in a broader drug-trafficking network as claimed by Wankhede.