new delhi a charge sheet under the antimoney laundering law has been filed against alleged conman sanjay prakash rai alias sanjay sherpuria for cheating several people by portraying himself to be close to the pmo senior bureaucrats and politicians the ed said on wednesdaythe prosecution complaint was filed before a special prevention of money laundering act pmla court at the patiala house courts in delhi on july 28 and the court took cognisance of it on july 31 it said in a statementthe money laundering case stems from an fir filed by the lucknow police alleging that rai duped huge amount of money from general public by portraying himself close to senior politicians and bureaucrats and claiming to be an influencer a social worker and associated with the prime ministers office pmothe ed had arrested rai few months back after it conducted searches at 42 locations in delhi gurugram faridabad noida ghazipur pune and gandhidhamin one instance the agency alleged rai duped businessman gaurav dalmia and his family to the tune of rs 12 crore by instilling in him a fear of arrest in an ongoing investigation conducted by the edan amount of rs 6 crore out of the total amount was received in the bank account of the youth rural entrepreneur foundation yref in january 2023 from dalmia family office trust wherein gaurav dalmia is a trustee the ed saidrai according to the ed incorporated the yref under the companies act as a not for profit company on february 16 2019 and the registered address of yref was village karaila post saheri in ghazipur district of uttar pradeshhowever the actual operational activities of yref are being done from house no 1 delhi riding club safdarjung road new delhi which is also the residential address of rai it saidalthough rai does not hold any official position in yref he controls the daytoday affairs of the company and is the ultimate beneficiary the agency saidthe said payment of rs six crore was received by rai under the guise of donation in yref from dalmia family office trustrai is alleged to have forged documents in respect of payments of rs 6 crore received from dalmia family office trust to conceal the true nature of transactionsin addition to the rs six crore received in the account of yref a sum of rs six crore was received in cash by rai from dalmia which was subsequently layered and placed in the bank accounts of his sons yash sanjayprakash rai and sujal sanjayprakash rai in the form of accommodation hawala entries from certain delhi based jewellers in the garb of sale of old jewellery the ed allegedin another instance rai is alleged to have cheated mohit singh managing director of shipra estate ltd by showing his contacts with senior politicians and bureaucrats and duped him to the tune of rs 1 crore by making false promisesthe payment of rs 1 crore was received in the bank account of yref under the garb of donation the