Over the past three years, an economic crimes investigator has been investigating a major fraud case in which a advertising agency’s Controller and her then-husband misappropriated nearly $5,000,000 from an Irvine company between 2012 and 2021, according to the Irvine Police Department.
The pair is suspected of using the money to support a lavish lifestyle, which included luxury cars, jewelry, real estate, and travel. The loss was so significant that the business had to close, leaving many people unemployed.
Gurpreet Kaur Lakhiani, 41, and Deepak Lakhiani, 40, of Irvine, were booked at Orange County Jail on 4.4 million dollar warrants for multiple charges that included grand theft, embezzlement, money laundering, and receiving stolen property.
