BAGHPAT: An FIR has been registered here against 22 people, including Bollywood actors Shreyas Talpade and Alok Nath, in connection with a fake finance company duping hundreds of investors by promising to double their money within a year, officials said on Saturday.

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Praveen Singh Chauhan said the company, Urban State Credit Cooperative Society Limited, based in Loni, operated investment schemes through agents in several districts of western Uttar Pradesh, including Baghpat, Meerut, and Ghaziabad.

According to Chauhan, the company used well-known film personalities to promote its schemes.

"Shreyas Talpade was projected as the promoter, while Alok Nath was introduced as the brand ambassador to help the company gain people's trust," the officer sa

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