The Enforcement Directorate (ED), in its chargesheet naming Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez as an accused in a multi-crore money laundering case linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and others, said the actor is "directly or indirectly involved in the proceeds of crime."
According to news agency ANI, the chargesheet stated that "investigation so far has revealed that the accused actor is directly or indirectly involved in the proceeds of crime..."
"Jacqueline Fernandez consciously chose to overlook his (Sukesh Chandrashekhar) criminal past and continued to indulge in financial transactions with him. Not only Jacqueline but even her family members and friends benefitted from their relationship financially," the federal agency said in the chargesheet.
The ED concluded that the lure of money ensured that the criminal history of the person Fernandez was engaging with did not matter.
The actor consistently shifted her stance with regard to the gifts being received by her and her relatives from Chandrashekhar, the agency noted in its chargesheet.
The agency had found in its probe that Chandrashekhar was in "regular contact" with Fernandez from February until he was arrested on August 7 last year by the Delhi Police.
The ED in April provisionally attached Rs 7.27 crore funds of the actor under the PMLA apart from Rs 15 lakh in cash as the agency called these funds as "proceeds of crime".
—With PTI inputs
