ED grills Talasani’s relatives in casino money laundering probe
2 years, 1 month ago

ED grills Talasani’s relatives in casino money laundering probe

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday questioned relatives of Telangana state minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav at its Basheerbagh office in connection with a casino money laundering case. It has been alleged that the casino organiser, Chikoti Praveen Kumar, used several actors and celebrities to endorse casino activities, which were allegedly a front for hawala transactions. The ED had raided the residences of the casino organisers, collected documents of bank transactions, procured bank statements and perused WhatsApp chats and call data. Sources in the ED said that the minister’s relatives may have been used to conduct hawala transactions, on the pretext of their participation in casino activities.

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₹100 crore fraud: Hawala operators under ED scanner
8 months, 1 week ago

₹100 crore fraud: Hawala operators under ED scanner

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate has taken a few hawala operators specialising in crypto-currencies under its scanner as part of its money-laundering probe against a Dubai-based businessman and others who are accused of ₹100-crore fraud that involves the use of dubious financial schemes and forex trading to lure investors. The hawala traders under the scanner were allegedly used by the case’s …

ED finds ₹1.4 crore cash in raid, links it to ‘influential political person’
1 year, 10 months ago

ED finds ₹1.4 crore cash in raid, links it to ‘influential political person’

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: A ‘highly influential political person’ was trying to invest money allegedly generated from coal smuggling to purchase a guest house in south Kolkata at an undervalued price, the Enforcement Directorate said in a statement on Thursday. “A specific intelligence input was gathered that one highly influential political person was making an attempt to launder the proceeds of crime originating …

ED questions Chikoti Praveen Kumar for 11 hours
2 years, 4 months ago

ED questions Chikoti Praveen Kumar for 11 hours

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Armed with a bunch of papers of technical evidence, a team of Enforcement Directorate officials questioned casino organiser Chikoti Praveen Kumar, Madhav Reddy and others in connection with the hawala transactions on the pretext of casino events. A team of ED officials started questioning Praveen Kumar and others separately in connection with their business activities, sources of income, properties …

ED to grill Chikoti and associates today
2 years, 4 months ago

ED to grill Chikoti and associates today

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Officials from Enforcement Directorate will be questioning casino organisers Chikoti Praveen Kumar, Madhav Reddy, Sampanth and others in connection with hawala transactions on Monday. Sources said the ED officers had obtained technical evidence regarding the financial transactions of Praveen Kumar, Madhav Reddy and Sampath and their illegal transactions allegedly made while organising casino events in different countries. The investigation …

ED intensifies probe into Chikoti’s hawala deals
2 years, 4 months ago

ED intensifies probe into Chikoti’s hawala deals

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Casino organiser Chikoti Praveen Kumar, who is facing many charges including hawala money transactions, allegedly played a key role in transporting unaccounted money to businessmen in Begum Bazaar through agents. Praveen Kumar was in contact with businessmen in Begum Bazaar, where crores of rupees turnover take place every day in the form of cash rather than digital payments, and …

ED to probe casino kingpin’s hawala deal during polls
2 years, 4 months ago

ED to probe casino kingpin’s hawala deal during polls

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Casino organiser Chikoti Praveen Kumar, who allegedly maintained links with political leaders, Tollywood and Bollywood actors for organising his casino business, helped political leaders in transporting huge unaccounted cash through hawala during the elections, according to sources. A day after the Enforcement Directorate officials served notices to Praveen asking him to appear before the agency officials for questioning on …

Casino royale: ED investigates payments, links with 16 MLAs
2 years, 4 months ago

Casino royale: ED investigates payments, links with 16 MLAs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Transactions in crores and lakhs of rupees, as payments to Tollywood and Bollywood actors for endorsing casino events organised by one Chikoti Praveen Kumar in Goa and neighbouring Nepal, are under the enforcement directorate’s lens. The ED is also investigating the possibility of Kumar using the actors’ presence to mask hawala transactions during the casino events. As many as …

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