As per the popular reports, Aishwarya Rai and Alia Bhatt have become a victim to a credit card fraud. The IP addresses of the accused and mobile numbers used to create bank accounts in the name of celebrities were tracked. The scam was carried out by gangs in Delhi and Jaipur. Five people were arrested by police under the section of allegedly forging government ID cards of several Bollywood celebrities and using them to get credit cards to dupe banks to Rs 90 lakh to Rs 1 crore, as per popular sources.
DCP Rohit Meena said Prem Shekhawat filed a complaint who is a representative of a Pune-based company which delivers contactless metal credit cards and virtual cards. He accused many people of cheating his company for RS 21 Lakh through creating fake PAN and Aadhaar cards of 95 celebrities. The fake identities of Sachin Tendulkar, Alia Bhatt, Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan by issuing credit cards. Per the police investigation, the crime was carried out by gangs belonging to Delhi and Jaipur.
Police carried out raids, and one Sunil Kumar was arrested from Babarpur. he disclosed getting a forged Aadhaar and PAN card from Puneet and Md Asif. Revealed that he learnt of the scam techniques from Vishva Bhaskar Sharma, who introduced him to Pankaj Mishra, who allegedly impersonated Amitabh Bachchan. Later police arrested Vishva Bhaskar, Pankaj, Puneet, and Md Asif. Police revealed the accused have duped many loan apps and banks into Rs 90 lakh to 1 crore by fake identity.