Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra is once again in big trouble. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has raided his house in Santa Cruz. According to India TV report, the raid which started at 6 am on Friday is still going on. This raid is being conducted in a case of money laundering. A search operation is being conducted at Kundra's house and other places. Not only this, the investigating agency is conducting search operations at 15 locations including several locations in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
When ED issued notice to vacate the house
On October 3, ED had given notice to Raj Kundra, accused in the money laundering case through Bitcoin, to vacate the bungalow in Juhu and the farmhouse in Pune. However, Kundra had filed a petition against this notice in the Mumbai High Court. Let us inform that Raj Kundra was arrested in this case by the Mumbai Crime Branch in July 2021 under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Information Technology Act, but later a city court granted him bail.
What is the matter?
In the year 2017, an investment company named Gain Bitcoin was started. People were made to invest in this company to mine Bitcoin. In return, people were promised a huge return of 10 percent. People invested a lot of money in this Ponzi scheme.
But the company came into limelight the next year when several complaints were filed against it. In 2018 and 2019, Maharashtra Police started investigating this case. When this matter reached ED, many people including Amit Bhardwaj were arrested.
Meanwhile, 285 bitcoins were sent to Raj Kundra from the account of the scam mastermind Amit Bhardwaj. After which Raj Kundra's name also got involved in this case. The value of these bitcoins is said to be Rs 150 crore. Now in this case, ED has raided Raj Kundra's house.
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