Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova is under investigation in India for cheating and criminal conspiracy after the collapse of a Luxury Housing project that she endorsed, police and a lawyer said on Tuesday (Nov 21).

The firm behind the development is alleged to have taken millions of dollars from homebuyers before the project folded.

“We have registered a case of cheating on directions from the court,” local police officer Arvind Sharma told AFP.

He said Sharapova and the firm behind the development, Homestead Infrastructure Development, were named in the case.

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