Akshaye Khanna invests Rs 50 lakh to get Rs 1 crore in 45 days, loses all

MUMBAI: Actor Akshaye Khanna has filed a police complaint against an Andheri couple who allegedly duped him of Rs 50 lakh, claiming they would invest the sum in the commodity market with a promise to double it in 45 days.

"In October 2010, my client Akshaye invested the money in Intech Images, owned by the couple. They lured him with false promises of getting the money doubled in just 45 days. However, for almost three years, they continued to give him excuses instead of returning the money," the actor's lawyer Rajendra Dhuru told on Saturday.

MLMs continue to dupe investors under ‘guaranteed returns’ from forex trade

Kerala Police have arrested two persons in connection with a forex racket which has duped over 60 investors of several crores of rupees, while, at the same time, employees in Chennai have escapedWhile the rupee has been grabbing headlines of late, what is little known or reported is that a multi-level marketing (MLM) company under the guise of foreign exchange trading, Wismore Trading and Investment Consultancy Pvt Ltd (Wismore Trading), has defrauded more than 60 hapless investors of several crores of rupees, by promising them lavish returns, since 2011.