Maria Sharapova is suspected of real estate fraud

Maria Sharapova is suspected of real estate fraud

Maria Sharapova has attracted the attention of the police in India, faced with accusations of fraud and criminal conspiracy with real estate, which used the athlete for advertising project of luxury housing, which has not been translated into reality. About this newspaper the Times of India.

Company Homestead Infrastructure is accused of receiving tens of millions of rupees (millions of dollars) from customers who hoped to buy homes in a luxury apartment complex in Gurgaon, called «Ballet by Maria Sharapova«, where I was supposed to be a private helicopter pad, a tennis Academy, the ballet school and other amenities. Sharapova visited India in 2013, to officially launch the project during a special ceremony.

Maria Sharapova is suspected of real estate fraud

Police began investigating the case on November 16. The lawyer of one of the disappointed customers, says many have invested money in this project, as it represented the Russian sports star. Only the construction of the complex have invested about 1.5 thousand people. The construction of luxury housing is expected to end in 2016, however, as of November 2017, it has not begun.

Sharapova herself has not commented on the incident.

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