Indian
police have filed the First Information Report (FIR) against former Maria
Sharapova, former Russian tennis star, Michael Schumacher, former Formula 1
driver, and 11 others for fraud and criminal conspiracy following a court
order. The FIR was registered by Gurugram Police on the complaint of a Delhi woman,
who accused them of fraud.

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Shafali
Agarwal, a resident of Chattarpur Mini Farm in New Delhi, alleged that she had
booked an apartment in a project named after Sharapova. A tower in the project
was named after Schumacher, she said. The project was to be completed by 2016
but never took off, the complainant added.

She
accused the international celebrities of being part of the fraud through their
association and promotion of it.

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Earlier,
she had filed a complaint in a Gurugram court against M/S Realtech Development
and Infrastructure (INDIA) Pvt. Ltd, other developers, Sharapova and Schumacher
for duping her of around ₹ 80 lakh.

The
complainant stated before the court that she and her husband booked a
residential apartment in the project named after Sharapova in Sector 73,
Gurgaon, but the developer companies cheated them by alluring them to put money
into their project, which was never meant to be delivered.

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“We
came to know about the project through advertisements and reached out to the
company management after pictures of the project and a lot of false promises
were made,” she said in the complaint.

Buyers were duped

Sharapova
and Schumacher as promoters of the project conspired with the buyers, Ms
Agarwal alleged, adding that the former tennis star had visited the site and
promised the opening of a tennis academy and sports store.

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“It
was mentioned in the brochure that she is promoting the project, and she also
made false promises, had dinner parties with the buyers, and all this was done
for the project, which never took off,” read the complaint.

The
FIR has been registered under Sections 34 (common intention), 120-B (criminal
conspiracy), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of the IPC at
the Badshahpur police station.

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“As
per the court order, the FIR has been registered and we are reviewing the
matter. The probe is on,” said Inspector Dinkar, SHO of the police
station.