MODEL and actor Neha Sharma on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in a money laundering case linked to online betting platform 1xBet, officials said. The statement of the 38-year-old actor is being recorded under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Sharma is understood to be linked to the betting platform by way of certain endorsements.

 

The federal probe agency had earlier attached assets worth Rs 11.14 crore of former cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina in this case after their questioning in a similar manner. 1xBet operated in India without authorisation and used surrogate branding and advertisements to target Indian users through social media, online videos, and print media. , the ED said. “Payments for endorsements were structured through layered transactions using foreign intermediaries to disguise the illegal source of funds,” the ED said.