This is not the first time that Shilpa and Raj have landed in legal trouble. In April this year, ED seized Raj Kundra’s properties worth Rs 97.79 crore.
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra have landed in fresh trouble. The couple has now been accused of cheating a trader in a gold scheme. As reported by NDTV, bullion trader Prithviraj Saremal Kothari has moved to the Mumbai Sessions Court demanding action against Shilpa and Raj.
Reportedly, Kothari has alleged that Shilpa and Raj orchestrated a scheme under their company and asked traders to invest in it, promising lucrative returns on gold investments. The scheme was named ‘Satyug Gold’ and allegedly assured investors of gold delivery at a fixed rate irrespective of market fluctuations.
Kothari claimed that he invested in the scene but did not receive the promised gold upon reaching the maturity date on April 2, 2019. He further claimed that he invested over Rs 90 lakh in the scheme. Kothari also submitted a cover letter signed by Shilpa Shetty and an invoice issued by Satyug Gold Private Limited in court to support his allegations. The court has now ordered Mumbai police officials to investigate the case.
This is not the first time that Shilpa and Raj have landed in legal trouble. In April this year, ED seized Raj Kundra’s properties worth Rs 97.79 crore. The attached properties include a residential flat in Mumbai’s Juhu, in the name of his wife Shilpa Shetty. Another property is a residential bungalow in Pune and Equity shares in the name of Raj Kundra, the ED said.
The agency said in a statement that the Mumbai zonal office of ED provisionally attached immovable and movable properties of Kundra under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. It was alleged that Kundra along with others collected huge amounts of funds in the form of bitcoins (worth Rs 6,600 crore in 2017) from the “gullible public with the false promises of 10 per cent per month return in the form of bitcoins”.
Later, the couple issued a statement via their lawyer and argued that they were ready to cooperate with the concerned authorities. They hoped for “fair investigation” and stated that they had full faith in the Indian judiciary system.
In 2021, Raj Kundra was also arrested in connection to the alleged creation and uploading of pornographic films on mobile applications. He was granted bail after almost two months.
