Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached the properties of businessman Ripu Sudan Kundra (Raj Kundra), including a flat in Juhu in the name of his actor wife Shilpa Shetty, collectively worth £9.7'.8 mn, in a money laundering case connected to a Pune bitcoin ponzi scam. The agency is likely to summon Shilpa for her statement.
According to ED, Kundra had received 285 bitcoins from Amit Bhardwaj, the mastermind and promoter of Gain bitcoin ponzi scam, to set up a bitcoin mining farm in Ukraine. “The said Bitcoins were sourced from the proceeds of crime collected by Amit Bhardwaj from gullible investors. Since the deal didn’t materialize, Kundra is still in possession and enjoyment of 285 Bitcoins, which are presently valued at more than £15 mn,” said ED. The attached properties also include a bungalow in Pune and equity shares in the name of Kundra.
