A former Siemens CEO thought he was investing $2.5 million in Deepak Chopra’s app. Prosecutors say it was fraud.

In 2023, a wellness entrepreneur pitched Klaus Kleinfeld, the former CEO of Siemens and Alcoa, on an opportunity to invest in Deepak Chopra’s meditation app.

Kleinfeld invested $2.5 million. Now federal prosecutors say the entrepreneur, Wanja Oberhof, embezzled most of that money, using it for personal expenses including back rent on his nearly $20,000-per-month Manhattan penthouse.

In the criminal complaint against Oberhof filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the investor is identified as “Victim-1.” A spokesperson for Kleinfeld confirmed that he was the investor.

Oberhof co-founded the Healing Company with his…