Tamannaah Bhatia was interrogated by the Enforcement Directorate [ED] in Guwahati, on Thursday, in connection with the money laundering case investigating the HPZ Token mobile application in which several investors were cheated on the pretext of mining Bitcoin and some other Blockchain based cryptocurrencies, as per the report by DNA India, citing official sources.
The ED claimed that the statement of the 34-year-old actor was taken under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) at its zonal office here. According to the sources, the actress accepted some amount for appearing at an event of the app firm as a “celebrity”, and there were no “incriminating” charges against her.
She has been earlier also summoned but she postponed the notices due to work and came on Thursday, according to media reports. Out of 299 entities, which include 76 Chinese-controlled entities, of which 10 directors are of Chinese origin, two entities are controlled by other foreign nationals have been named as accused in the charge sheet filed by the ED in this case in March.