Milk beauty Tamannaah Bhatia, who is a familiar actress in different languages, was questioned by the ED officials of Guwahati on Thursday in connection with a money laundering case probe linked to the ‘HPZ Token’ mobile app in which several investors were allegedly duped on the pretext of mining Bitcoins and some other cryptocurrencies. Her statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) at its zonal office.
The Baahubali actress allegedly received some funds for making a celebrity appearance at an event of the app company, but there were no incriminating charges against her. Tamannah was called earlier too but she deferred the summons due to work and chose to appear on Thursday.
A total of 299 entities, including 76 Chinese-controlled entities in which 10 directors are of Chinese origin while two entities are controlled by other foreign nationals, have been named as accused in the charge sheet filed by the ED in this case in March.
The money laundering case stems from an FIR of the cyber crimes unit of Kohima Police that booked various accused under sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Information Technology Act for allegedly duping “gullible” investors by promising astronomical returns by mining Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies.
In the past, the Maharashtra Cyber Police on Thursday issued a summons to Tamannaah Bhatia to appear before it on April 29 for questioning in connection with the illegal streaming of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 matches on FairPlay application, which she and other actors allegedly promoted. However, she didn’t attend the interrogation citing her busy schedule.
