Hereβs what he did- there is a property called Kanakia Paris in mumbai, slightly high end flats. He got his friends, family and other acquaintances to buy those flats at overvalued prices from a middleman who had bought these at Lower prices (overvalued price of 5 cr when the real price is 3 cr). Got all of these purchases financed by banks at higher price. Made a neat profit of 2 cr per apartment from which he spent some money on paying down payment and even a few instalments.
After paying a few instalments, all of them start defaulting on loan emi payments - now when the loan goes npa and bank goes to auction these properties, they will recover at max the real prices - so banks lost the money while he and his middleman profit.
Apparently a lot of broker network employees have bought flats there . So there goes, it is not just a story of startup failing, itβs an intentional fraud. He belongs to Tihar jail cell