India, Feb. 4 -- Police have received complaints from 10,848 investors in the Torres Jewellery fraud, the sum involved amounting to Rs.117.63 crore. This was stated by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police on Monday before the special MPID court hearing the case.

Police also told the court that the Ukrainian actor arrested in the case, Armen Gurun Ataian (48), had obtained fake Indian identity documents, including a birth certificate issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Ataian, who played play minor roles in films and web series, was arrested in Mumbai on January 28. He is accused of helping the prime accused set up Platinum Hern Private Limited, the firm that owned Torres brand, to get the company reg...