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Neha Kakkar's Name Misused in Rs 5 Lakh Investment Scam; FIR Filed
10 Nov
Summary
- Advocate discovers fake articles and videos associating Neha Kakkar with FXOnet scam
- Syed lost Rs 5,02,025 in the scam, filed police complaint in June 2025
- Accused used Neha Kakkar's image to lend credibility to the fraudulent platform
On June 10, 2025, Advocate Shabnam Mohammad Hussain Syed, a resident of BDD Chawl in Worli, Mumbai, discovered a series of fraudulent articles and videos that falsely associated popular Bollywood singer Neha Kakkar with an investment platform called FXOnet. The scammers, who went by the names Vijay and Jimmy D'Souza, portrayed the platform as "trusted and legal" and used Kakkar's image to lend credibility to their operations.
Syed, who was lured by these deceptive promotions, engaged with the alleged perpetrators through international phone numbers, the Telegram messaging app, and Zoom meetings. Over the course of several months, from June 18 to October 9, 2025, Syed transferred a total of Rs 5,02,025 through UPI to various bank accounts linked to entities such as Rajesh Kannan, VPI ProMedia Kigali, India Impex Trading Company, and VPI 361 VPECOM. However, Syed failed to receive any promised returns or refunds, realizing that she had been the victim of a scam.
Syed subsequently filed a police complaint at the Worli police station, leading to the registration of an FIR. The Mumbai Police have booked the accused under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and the Information Technology Act (IT Act), and are currently collecting digital evidence, including Telegram chats, Zoom call details, and transaction records, to trace the culprits.
