Raj Kundra questioned in Bitcoin scam
Mumbai, June 5
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday questioned Raj Kundra, husband of actor Shilpa Shetty, in connection with a money laundering probe related to a bitcoin transactions case, officials said. The businessman was summoned at the ED office here and was asked questions about his involvement in the trade, termed as illegal by the government.
“There are some instances of the case that are linked to Kundra and hence he has been asked to record his statement,” an official said without elaborating.
The ED had some time ago registered a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against bitcoin-based investment website GainBitcoin, its founder Amit Bhardwaj and eight others.
It is alleged that nearly 8,000 investors had lost about Rs2,000 crore funds by transacting in this scheme. The ED had filed its case based on an FIR of the Maharashtra Police in this case and the Pune Police arrested Bhardwaj and his brother Vivek from Delhi earlier. — PTI
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