Posh hotel office, private chopper, a ‘diplomat’: How Delhi firm pitched ‘Indo-US’ scam
(from left) VPVV’s promoters Venkita Venkat, Hitesh Kumar & Rahul Rajeev Nair were arrested by the police on August 28. (Express Photo)
8 min readNew DelhiSep 22, 2026 07:00 AM IST First published on: Sep 22, 2026 at 07:00 AM IST
Last September, Sanjiv Rao made an investment of Rs 1.08 lakh in a Delhi-based company that he had been introduced to through a friend who had already invested in it.
The company, VPVV Techno Construction Pvt. Ltd., had told them it was recognised as ‘Principal Developer’ by the Federal Government of the United States of America and the United States Department of Defence (DOD) to implement a massive infrastructure and development initiative under an ‘Indo-US Pacific Peace Treaty’ project.
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