New Delhi, July 21 -- Celebrated for their glamorous public appearances and Bollywood-style performances, Sidhartha Mukherjee, aka Sammy, and his wife, Sunita Mukherjee, were known faces of the Indian community in North Texas.

However, according to a Daily Mail report, the couple has been arrested in connection with a multimillion-dollar real estate fraud case.

They have allegedly defrauded over 100 victims of at least $4 million ( Rs.33 crore) through fictitious investment projects, and are now facing first-degree felony theft charges.

The Mukherjees are currently being held at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility.

The Mukherjees reportedly arrived in the US from India seeking asylum. Over the years, they...