Tihar Conman's Wife Leena Maria Paulose, Brain Behind Laundering Schemes

Chargesheet of Rs 200 crore money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleged that Leena Maria Paulose, Sukesh Chandrashekhar's wife, is a master con woman and strategist, as well as the brains and key factor behind the schemes created to launder the proceeds of crime.

Even with evidence, Paulose put up a show of denying transactions, according to the chargesheet. As soon as word of Sukash Chandrashekhar's arrest reached her, she destroyed all evidence.

In an attempt to separate her from the crime, the accused (Leena) feigns ignorance of transactions and particularly denies laundering proceeds of crime, according to the chargesheet. She plays with confidence, and anyone who suggests that she handled cash is met with pleadings to prove that she had nothing to do with cash. She then shifts the blame to Sukash.

It added that co-accused Arun Muthu, Anand Moorthy, and Jagdish have detailed accounts of her threatening them.

Pinki Irani, who was earlier arrested by the Enforcement Directorate recently in the case, was the one who introduced Chandrasekhar to Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez.

According to the source, Irani and Chandrasekhar were interrogated individually and jointly in the jail for more than three hours on the identical set of questions. Irani was previously confronted by the Enforcement Directorate while she was with Fernandez.

Fernandez was previously questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a Rs 200 crore money laundering case involving Chandrasekhar. The Enforcement Directorate questioned another actress, Nora Fatehi, in connection with the same case.

The Enforcement Directorate is investigating a number of people who are either directly or indirectly linked to this issue.

Sukesh Chandrasekhar is accused of cheating and extorting Aditi Singh, wife of former Religare Enterprises promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh, arrested in October 2019 in a case related to alleged misappropriation of funds at Religare Finvest Ltd, according to an FIR filed by Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW).

While in Rohini jail, Chandrasekhar allegedly persuaded Aditi to send money by impersonating a federal government official through a hoax call and promising to manage her husband's bail.

The Delhi Police detained Chandrasekhar and his actress wife Leena Maria Paul in September for their alleged involvement in the duping case. So far, 13 persons have been arrested in connection with the case by the Delhi Police. Chandrasekhar is suspected of extorting money from a number of persons while incarcerated, according to the Enforcement Directorate.

Officials from the Enforcement Directorate raided Chandrashekhar's sea-facing home in Chennai in October and discovered a collection of 16 luxury cars totalling crores of rupees.

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