Troubles have arisen for actress Kriti Verma, who was a tax officer. Kriti, who appeared in Roadies and Bigg Boss season 12, has been named in a money laundering case of Rs 263 crore.
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Actress who was a tax officer Kriti Verma Troubles have arisen for. Kriti, who appeared in Roadies and Bigg Boss season 12, has been named in a money laundering case of Rs 263 crore. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is continuously investigating this matter. The actress is accused of having received money illegally. For which he has been called many times by ED to his office for questioning.
If we talk about the whole matter, last year, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a case against some people for fraudulently issuing tax refunds. In this, a case was registered against Tanaji Mandal Officer, a senior tax assistant of the Income Tax Department, Bhushan Anant Patil of Panvel’s business and others. Due to which the ED had started investigation under PMLA on the basis of the primary registered through CBI.
In this case, when the main accused Tanaji Mandal was working in Income Tax, he had access to RSA tokens and had the login credentials of the officials. He is accused of using these login credentials through which he along with other accomplices had perpetrated this fraud. After which the money was transferred to several other bank accounts including the bank account linked to Bhushan Anant Patil.
The CBI has filed a charge sheet against the officer, Patil, Rajesh Shantaram Shetty and others under the IT Act, 2000. An investigation under PMLA revealed that 12 bogus TDS refunds amounting to Rs 263.95 crore have been generated by the officer between November 15, 2019 and November 4, 2020. After which these illegally withdrawn money were transferred to the bank accounts of Patil and other concerned persons and institutions.
Last month, the ED had attached 32 immovable and movable assets worth Rs 69.65 crore under PMLA located in Maharashtra and Karnataka. These properties include flats, luxury cars and land in the names of Rajesh Shetty, Sarika Shetty, Bhushan Anant Patil, Kriti Verma and others. Former tax officer Kriti Verma is alleged to have sold a property in Gurugram, which she had bought earlier with this money.
