Maria Sharapova under investigation for real estate conspiracy in India

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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/nov/22/maria-sharapova-housing-fraud-india
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Maria Sharapova is being investigated by police in India in a cheating and criminal conspiracy case involving a real estate company who used the tennis star to endorse a luxury housing project that never took off.

Real estate firm Homestead Infrastructure is accused of taking tens of millions of rupees – or millions of dollars – from home buyers for a project named Ballet by Maria Sharapova, a luxury apartment complex with its own helipad, tennis academy and other amenities. The five-time grand slam champion travelled to India in 2013 to launch the project at a glitzy ceremony. Police began the investigation on 16 November.
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Piyush Singh, a lawyer representing one of the home buyers, said Wednesday that Sharapova’s celebrity was the reason most people put their money into the project.

Singh said his client, Bhawana Agarwal, paid Homestead Infrastructure 5.3m rupees ($81,678) in 2013 because she was impressed by Sharapova’s association with the project located in Gurgaon, a suburb of the Indian capital. The cost of an apartment in the swanky project was 20m rupees ($308,000).
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Hmmmmmmmm! Have to wonder about the links to the RM. Also wonder if that makes her part of the inner circle of the kakistocracy.