Torres Fraud: Charge Sheet Names 8 Accused and 11 Wanted Persons

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police on Monday filed a 27,147-page charge sheet in the multicrore Torres Jewellery fraud case.

- Vinay Dalvi

MUMBAI: Police have named eight accused and 11 more accused as wanted, including eight Ukrainian nationals, one Turkish national and two Indians.

"We have filed the charge sheet in 69 days. We have named the parent company Platinum Hern Pvt Ltd, which owned the Torres Jewellery brand, as an accused. We have also named the company's general manager Tania alias Tazagul Xastova; a Russian-born employee Valentina Ganesh Kumar; director Sarvesh Surve; chief executive officer Tausif Riyaz; hawala operators Alpesh Khara and Lallan Singh; and actor Armeen Ataian," said a police officer from EOW.

According to the chargesheet, Lallan Singh was responsible for laundering money through various financial institutions. Investigations indicate that ₹13.78 crore of unaccounted money was laundered and later used to establish the operations of Torres Jewellery in Mumbai.