SRK, Nawazuddin Siddiqui named in ?500-crore online scam
The CBI has taken over the investigation of an alleged ?500-crore online ponzi scam by Ghaziabad-based Webwork Trade Links. Actors Shah Rukh Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who endorsed the firm's portal Addsbook.com, were also named in the complaint. The firm's promoters collected money from two lakh people by luring them with payments for each click on advertisements on their website.
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) The CBI has taken over investigation of the Rs 500 crore online ponzi scam allegedly by Ghaziabad-based Webwork Trade Links.  Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who endorsed its portal Addsbook.com, are also named in the complaint. Promoters of Webwork Trade Links, Anurag Jain and Sandesh Verma, duped people using the two actors as brand ambassadors of his shadow firm addsbook.com, the complaint alleged. According to the complaint, which is now part of the FIR, the company opened a "shadow company", Addsbook Marketing Pvt, which was launched on December 10, 2016 with brand ambassadors "Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Shahrukh Khan". "People have invested heavily as they were influenced by both celebrities," it alleged. However, the actors are not mentioned as either accused or suspects by the Uttar Pradesh Police, which had probed the matter earlier. Jain and Verma allegedly took money from people luring them with lucrative payments for every click on advertisements on their website, the complaint said. According to the Uttar Pradesh Police, which was probing the matter, Garg and Sudesh offered membership to more than four lakh people in four months for the click and earn plan. 