Amway CEO India: William Pinckney Arrested
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Amway India, William S Pinckney, has been arrested by the India police of Andhra Pradesh.
Based on a case in Kurnool, a police team from the town took the top executive into custody in Gurgaon, the company's corporate headquarters.
The Kurnool police produced the Amway chief before a magistrate as well as the local media today.
The arrest has been made on the basis of a case filed by an advocate here towards the end of 2013 alleging unethical practices followed in money circulation and product selling and under pertinent laws, police said.
Amway and its CEO have been at the receiving end of the law in Andhra Pradesh for quite sometime. The CEO has earlier been taken into custody and the offices have been raided by the police.
Last year, Pinckney was also arrested by Kerala police.
Based on a case in Kurnool, a police team from the town took the top executive into custody in Gurgaon, the company's corporate headquarters.
The Kurnool police produced the Amway chief before a magistrate as well as the local media today.
The arrest has been made on the basis of a case filed by an advocate here towards the end of 2013 alleging unethical practices followed in money circulation and product selling and under pertinent laws, police said.
Amway and its CEO have been at the receiving end of the law in Andhra Pradesh for quite sometime. The CEO has earlier been taken into custody and the offices have been raided by the police.
Last year, Pinckney was also arrested by Kerala police.
