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{{Short description|Romanian supermodel}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Anca Verma
| image = Anca Verma photo shoot - Miss Romania swimsuit title.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Anca Verma in 2010
| birth_name = Anca Maria Neacșu
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|08|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Galați]], Romania
| education = [[University of Galați]]
| occupation = Industrialist and Philanthropist
| organization = Shrikant Verma Trust
| known_for = Arms dealer and former model
| height = 179 cms
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Abhishek Verma (arms dealer)|Abhishek Verma]]|2006}}
| children = Nicolle Verma (daughter)
Aditeshwar Verma (son)
| website = {{URL|thevermafamily.org}}
}}

'''Anca Verma''' (née '''Neacșu'''; born 8 August 1987) is a former Romanian [[model (person)|model]]. She is married to [[Abhishek Verma (arms dealer)|Abhishek Verma]] and is known for being arrested along with her husband for an alleged corruption and money laundering case in New Delhi, India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-15 |title=Renowned hotelier Didi, Indian billionaire Abhishek Verma announce strategic alliance to invest in Maldives |url=https://maldives.net.mv/24402/renowned-hotelier-didi-indian-billionaire-abhishek-verma-announce-strategic-alliance-to-invest-in-maldives/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Maldives Insider |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhardwaj |first=Ananya |date=2022-09-06 |title=10 yrs after going to jail in arms case, 'Lord of War' Abhishek Verma resurfaces as Delhi tycoon |url=https://theprint.in/india/10-yrs-after-going-to-jail-in-arms-case-lord-of-war-abhishek-verma-resurfaces-as-delhi-tycoon/1117158/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2017 Verma was discharged in two money laundering and corruption cases by the CBI courts.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=Nirnimesh |date=2017-04-26 |title=Court discharges Abhishek Verma, wife in graft cases |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/court-discharges-abhishek-verma-wife-in-graft-cases/article18233443.ece |access-date=2025-04-01 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Career==
After leaving modelling, she joined Atlas Telecom Network Romania, a mobile service provider.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Atlas Telecom Romania |url=http://www.atlastelecom.ro/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501050718/http://www.atlastelecom.ro/ |archive-date=1 May 2016}}</ref>

Verma was the Chairperson<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unveiling new calendar in Delhi |url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Unveiling-new-calendar-in-Delhi-12062017102078 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043427/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Unveiling-new-calendar-in-Delhi-12062017102078 |archive-date=2017-12-01 |access-date=24 November 2017 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> of Olialia World<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://alinazeer.com/olialia-investment-in-maldives-involves-nothing-unusual-says-country-partner-2/|title=Olialia investment in Maldives involves nothing unusual: says country partner.|last=Nazeer|first=Ali|website=alinazeer.com|access-date=24 November 2017}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> a [[Fast-moving consumer goods|fast moving consumer goods]] company.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/10/11/blond.resort.maldives/index.html|title=Firm plans resort staffed by blondes only |publisher=CNN|first=A. |last=Pawlowski|access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/8043839/Island-to-be-staffed-exclusively-by-blondes.html|title=Island to be staffed exclusively by blondes|last=Newling|first=Dan|date=5 October 2010|access-date=24 November 2017|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

Verma is involved in philanthropic activities in [[India]] and [[Romania]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Festival of Hope holds 13th charity fashion show in New Delhi |url=https://in.fashionnetwork.com/news/Festival-of-hope-holds-13th-charity-fashion-show-in-new-delhi,1163190.html |access-date=29 April 2020 |website=FashionNetwork.com|date= 29 November 2019}}</ref>

==Arrest and imprisonment==
Verma and her husband have been accused of corruption and money laundering and were arrested<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bucharestherald.com/dailyevents/41-dailyevents/34179-huge-international-scandal-romanian-anca-maria-neacsu-and-her-husband-billionaire-verma-arrested-in-india|title=Huge international scandal! Romanian Anca Maria Neacsu and her husband, billionaire Verma arrested in India|last=Administrator|website=Bucharest Herald|access-date=24 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044402/http://www.bucharestherald.com/dailyevents/41-dailyevents/34179-huge-international-scandal-romanian-anca-maria-neacsu-and-her-husband-billionaire-verma-arrested-in-india|url-status=usurped}}</ref> by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] for supposedly [[bribing]] Indian defense officials to secure billion-dollar weapons contracts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/opinion/abhishek-bhalla/story/abhishek-verma-universe-of-lust-and-lucre-111535-2012-07-28|title=Abhishek Verma's universe of lust and lucre|work=India Today|date=29 July 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/how-arms-dealer-abhishek-verma-exploited-top-secret-defence-information-517018|title=How arms dealer Abhishek Verma exploited top-secret defence information|work=ndtv.com}}</ref> On 8 June 2012, they were both imprisoned in [[Tihar Jail]], Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/arms-dealer-wife-have-a-jailhouse-romance-in-tihar/story-gX18slF2ZEg3LiyjqNJwWK.html|title=Arms dealer, wife have a jailhouse romance in Tihar|work=hindustantimes.com/|date=27 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cancan.ro/actualitate/romanca-arestata-in-india-alaturi-de-sotul-ei-ramane-in-arest-desi-invartea-milioane-de-euro-acesta-nu-are-bani-de-cautiune.html|title=Romanca arestata in India alaturi de sotul ei... |work=Cancan.ro|date=5 March 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evz.ro/de-la-receptionera-la-afaceri-de-miliarde-de-dolari-986736.html|title=De la recepţioneră, la afaceri de miliarde de dolari|work=evz.ro|date=14 June 2012}}</ref> Verma was the inspiration for author [[Sunetra Choudhury]] who wrote a book Prison Tales published by [[Roli Books]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Indian Billionaire Abhishek Verma forms Strategic Alliance |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/indian-billionaire-abhishek-verma-forms-strategic-alliance/1257688 |access-date=29 April 2020 |website=outlookindia.com/}}</ref> and featured Verma as the [[Very important person|VIP]] inmate who wore 24K gold plated [[Louis Vuitton]] high heel shoes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/843659/this-is-how-wealthy-prisoners-can-get-luxuries-in-jail-just-like-sasikala-did|title=This is how wealthy prisoners can get luxuries in jail (just like Sasikala did?)|last=Choudhury|first=Sunetra|website=Scroll.in|date=14 July 2017 |access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref> in prison.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=30 March 2020 |title=Coronavirus: Philanthropists Abhishek and Anca Verma donate medical supplies in India |url=http://www.nationalpoliticalmirror.com/coronavirus-philanthropists-abhishek-and-anca-verma-donate-medical-supplies-in-india/ |access-date=29 April 2020 |website=National Political Mirror}}</ref>

Verma's bail plea was rejected by the [[Delhi High Court]] in March 2015,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/hc-dismisses-bail-plea-of-verma-s-wife-former-iaf-officer-115031600973_1.html|title=HC dismisses bail plea of Verma's wife, former IAF officer|agency=Press Trust of India|date=16 March 2015|work=Business Standard}}</ref> but on 20 May 2016 the court granted her bail after four years in prison. According to Indian investigators, their attempts to freeze Verma's offshore bank accounts in the [[tax haven]] of [[Liechtenstein|Principality of Liechtenstein]] had been unsuccessful as the Liechtenstein government rejected the request from [[Enforcement Directorate]] India, calling it a '[[fishing expedition]]' as no charges had been brought forward that could constitute a criminal offence in Liechtenstein or the [[European Union]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 May 2015 |title=Secret funds of Anca Verma in Liechtenstein |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-05-22/news/62504412_1_rheinmetall-air-defence-abhishek-verma-anca-neacsu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526060539/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-05-22/news/62504412_1_rheinmetall-air-defence-abhishek-verma-anca-neacsu |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 May 2015 |work=Economic Times}}</ref>

In April 2017, Verma was [[Exoneration|exonerated]] by a [[Extraordinary court|special court]] of CBI in New Delhi from the charges of corruption and [[money laundering]] and the two cases against Verma were dismissed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/court-discharges-abhishek-verma-wife-in-graft-cases/article18233443.ece|title=Court discharges Abhishek Verma, wife in graft cases|last=Kumar|first=Nirnimesh|date=27 April 2017|work=The Hindu|access-date=24 November 2017|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/court-discharges-arms-dealer-verma-wife-in-two-cases-117042601216_1.html|title=Court discharges arms dealer Verma, wife in two cases|last=IANS|date=26 April 2017|work=Business Standard India|access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref>

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[[Category:21st-century Romanian women]]
[[Category:Romanian female models]]
[[Category:Romanian businesswomen]]
[[Category:Romanian hoteliers]]
[[Category:People from Galați]]
[[Category:Romanian emigrants to India]]
[[Category:Romanian expatriates in India]]
[[Category:Romanian people imprisoned abroad]]
[[Category:Inmates of Tihar Jail]]
[[Category:Prisoners and detainees of India]]

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CryptoCurrencydon at 15:45, 11 February 2026