A special court in Mumbai has summoned businessman Raj Kundra, the spouse of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, in relation to a prominent money-laundering case involving cryptocurrencies, according to a TOI report.
The summons was issued by a special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following the filing of a supplemental prosecution case in the ongoing GainBitcoin investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The court has ordered Kundra to appear on January 19, 2026.
Kundra is named as one of the defendants in the suspected cryptocurrency money-laundering case connected to the GainBitcoin fraud in the Enforcement Directorate’s chargesheet, which was submitted late last year. The ED claims that Kundra obtained 285 bitcoins, allegedly worth over Rs 150 crore, from the now-defunct cryptocurrency scheme as proceeds of crime. According to the agency, Kundra was the beneficial owner of these bitcoins and kept them after the alleged mining project in Ukraine never happened.
According to the complaint, this action amounts to crimes included by Section 3 of the PMLA, which deals with intentionally aiding money laundering. The enforcement agency’s prima facie evidence, according to a special judge, was adequate to prosecute Kundra and co-accused Rajesh Ram Satija.
Several FIRs against the scheme’s proponents, including its purported creator Amit Bhardwaj, are the root of the GainBitcoin issue. High returns were allegedly promised to investors through bitcoin mining enterprises, but these claims never materialized. Allegations of money stacking and concealment through a variety of transactions were included in the ED’s inquiry.
A Mumbai apartment and a Pune villa connected to Kundra and his family were among the properties worth almost Rs 98 crore that authorities temporarily seized in earlier actions related to the case.
Raj Kundra has not yet been taken into custody in this case; the court has just issued a summons in response to the ED’s allegation. Later this month, he is scheduled to appear in court to address the accusations.
One of the most well-known business people in the nation is now at the center of a complicated financial inquiry, which represents a major escalation in the legal process.