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ED files supplementary chargesheet in Rs. 1,575 crore Pearlvine ponzi scam

New Delhi, Jan 21 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Shillong Sub Zonal Office, stated on Wednesday that it has filed a supplementary chargesheet before a Special PMLA Court against thirteen accused persons, including Neeraj Kumar Gupta, his associated companies, and other associates namely Naveen Kumar Gupta, Umesh Garg, and Nitin Bharti, in the case of Pearlvine International.
The ED initiated its investigation based on an FIR registered by the CID, Meghalaya Police, which itself was based on a complaint from the RBI, Shillong, and a chargesheet under various sections of the IPC, 1860, against persons involved in the Ponzi scam perpetrated under the name of Pearlvine International, operated through the website www.pearlvine.com.
"It collected a minimum of Rs. 2,250 as a membership fee and ran a Ponzi scheme in India during its operations from 2018 to March 2023. During this period, several seminars were organized across the country to solicit membership and popularize its benefits," said an official.
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