India, July 20 -- A famous Indian-origin couple in the US have been arrested in connection with a multi-million-dollar fraud case in North Texas after allegedly defrauding more than 100 people in a fake real-estate investment scheme.

The US authorities accused Sidhartha 'Sammy' Mukherjee and his wife Sunita of defrauding 100 investors of $4 million ( Rs.33 crore) after convincing them to invest in real estate projects that never existed.

The Mukherjees, once prominent figures of the Indian-American community in Plano in Texas, have been accused of running fraudulent operations, which involved real estate deals, forged documents, and the misuse of pandemic relief funds.

The couple got famous in the American state because of their glamor...