Archive · 5 Jan 2026
FIR filed for celebrity signature forgery fraud
Three people in Mumbai were accused of forging the signatures of famous actors and a cricketer to trick companies into giving them money.
They pretended to be these celebrities and made fake emails and invoices.
The police found out and filed a case against them.
The celebrities did not know anything about this and were not involved.
The accused people used the money for themselves.
The police are investigating how they did this and who else might be involved.
An FIR was lodged against three individuals for forging celebrity signatures and committing a Rs 1.40 crore fraud.
The accused are Rishbh Sureka, Yash Nagarkoti, and Ashay Shastri, linked to Hari Media Network Pvt Ltd and Hooray Movies.
They forged Athiya Shetty's signature and created a fake email account of Arshad Warsi to execute the fraud.
Sureka collected Rs 15 lakh using a forged signature of Athiya Shetty and created fake Zomato invoices under her and KL Rahul's names.
The trio managed to get Rs 52 lakh transferred to Sureka’s personal account from brands like Havells, Mahindra Lifespaces, Realme, and Birla Estates.
- Who
- Rishbh Sureka, Yash Nagarkoti, Ashay Shastri
- What
- Forged signatures of celebrities to commit fraud
- When
- 2024
- Where
- Mumbai, India
- Why
- To obtain money fraudulently from brands
- Accused Individuals
- Rishbh Sureka, Yash Nagarkoti, Ashay Shastri
- Companies Involved
- Hari Media Network Pvt Ltd, Hooray Movies
- Celebrities Affected
- Athiya Shetty, Arshad Warsi, KL Rahul
- Amount Fraudulently Obtained
- Rs 1.40 crore
- Brands Involved
- Havells, Mahindra Lifespaces, Realme, Birla Estates
- Police Station
- Amboli Police Station, Mumbai
- Year of Incident
- 2024