ED slaps money laundering charge on Raj Kundra

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against Raj Kundra in connection with the production and circulation of porn films.

Reports indicate that the Enforcement Directorate took a closer look at Kundra developed app named 'Hotshots' which distributed the alleged porn and was sold to a UK based firm Kenrin.

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It has come to light that the CEO of Kenrin, a UK based company, is Pradeep Bakshi, who is actually Raj Kundra's brother-in-law. And in return Kundra continued to service the app via another company Viaan which ED sources said saw transaction worth crores of rupees for small services.

News agency ANI reports quoting sources that porn movies, which were made in India and uploaded on the Hotshots app and the money that subscribers paid was was transacted in the name of Kundra's company Viaan Industries.

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Raj Kundra now out on bail, was arrested on July 19, 2021 along with 11 other people on charges related to the alleged creation of pornographic films which he continues to refute.