₹1,438.45 cr bank loan fraud: ED attaches assets worth ₹43.52 cr linked to UIL
3 months, 1 week ago

₹1,438.45 cr bank loan fraud: ED attaches assets worth ₹43.52 cr linked to UIL

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Mumbai zonal unit of the Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth ₹43.52 crore as part of its money-laundering investigation related to a ₹1,438.45 crore bank loan default case involving metal trading company Ushdev International Limited and others. The loan funds granted to Mumbai-headquartered UIL were allegedly diverted to different entities in the “guise of advances and unsecured loans” and subsequently brought back to India-based firms by routing them via multiple bank accounts, the official added. During the investigation, India-based assets worth ₹43.52 crore belonging to UIL’s directors, shareholders and subsidiaries were identified and provisionally attached under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. ED’s money-laundering investigation is based on a July 2022 First Information Report registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation’s bank security and fraud cell against UIL, its two directors, and unknown public servants, among others.

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ED restitutes assets worth ₹4,025 crore in Bhushan Power and Steel case to JSW
1 week, 2 days ago

ED restitutes assets worth ₹4,025 crore in Bhushan Power and Steel case to JSW

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has restituted assets worth ₹4,025 crore to JSW, a Successful Resolution Applicant in the matter of the erstwhile Bhushan Power and Steel Limited under the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. The assets were provisionally attached by the ED under Section 5 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act as the erstwhile promoters of …

ED seizes assets worth ₹3.9 crore in money laundering probe
1 week, 3 days ago

ED seizes assets worth ₹3.9 crore in money laundering probe

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate has seized movable assets worth approximately ₹3.9 crore during searches in Mumbai, Delhi and Gurgaon as part of its money laundering investigation into Dentsu Communications India Private Limited and Suumaya Industries Ltd and their promoters. The agency's investigation stems from a Worli police case against the accused for allegedly embezzling ₹137 crore from certain non-banking financial …

Mumbai court approves monetisation of ₹2,565.9 crore in properties in Choksi fraud case
1 week, 6 days ago

Mumbai court approves monetisation of ₹2,565.9 crore in properties in Choksi fraud case

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A special court in Mumbai on Tuesday permitted the monetisation of properties worth ₹2,565.9 crore that were attached or seized by the Enforcement Directorate since 2018 as part of its money laundering investigation against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi in the alleged Punjab National Bank fraud. Mehul Choksi The court's decision followed an application from the victim banks, Punjab National …

Exclusive: Rs 125 crore in assets returned to victims in Mehul Choksi-PNB scam case
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2 weeks ago

Exclusive: Rs 125 crore in assets returned to victims in Mehul Choksi-PNB scam case

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate, Mumbai, has successfully handed over properties worth more than Rs 125 crore to the liquidator of Gitanjali Gems Ltd. Following an application supported by the ED, the Special PMLA Court in Mumbai approved the monetisation of properties worth Rs 2,565.90 crore linked to Mehul Choksi. PROPERTIES HANDED OVER As per the court’s order, ED initiated the transfer …

Malegaon laundering case: ED searches seven places in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, seizes ₹13.5 crore
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Malegaon laundering case: ED searches seven places in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, seizes ₹13.5 crore

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate, Mumbai Zonal Office, on Friday searched seven premises in Ahmedabad and Mumbai, and seized ₹13.5 crore in cash. The search operation was conducted in connection with the Malegaon money laundering case in which the accused had allegedly misused accounts opened with the Nashik Merchant Co-operative Bank to withdraw ₹196 crore over five months. 295/2024 dated November 7, …

ED books IFS officer, husband, in investment fraud-linked money laundering case
3 weeks, 5 days ago

ED books IFS officer, husband, in investment fraud-linked money laundering case

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said that a chargesheet has been filed against Indian Foreign Service officer Neeharika Singh, her husband, and his companies in a money laundering case linked with an alleged investment fraud, PTI reported. What is the case The probe into the money laundering case began after the ED took note of the 33 First Information Reports …

ED attaches assets worth 1.84 cr in illegal betting apps probe
1 month ago

ED attaches assets worth 1.84 cr in illegal betting apps probe

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached movable assets worth ₹1.84 crore as part of its money laundering investigation into alleged illegal betting via mobile apps. ED’s probe in the case revealed that alleged dummy bank accounts in the name of fictitious entities had been opened for transferring funds obtained from two illegal betting apps, which were operated as ‘CBTF247’ …

Bank chairman and ex official denied bail in ₹494 crore co-op bank fraud case
1 month, 1 week ago

Bank chairman and ex official denied bail in ₹494 crore co-op bank fraud case

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court has rejected the bail pleas of Anil Bhosale, chairman of Shivajirao Bhosale Cooperative Bank, and Mangaldas Vittahlrao Bandal, former chairman of Pune Zilla Parishad, in connection with an alleged ₹494 crore bank fraud case in Pune. The prosecution, opposing Bhosale's bail plea, argued that as chairman and promoter, he was the …

ED attaches ₹333.82 crore in DMCSL fraud case
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

ED attaches ₹333.82 crore in DMCSL fraud case

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth ₹333.82 crore in connection with its money laundering probe into the alleged fraud at Dnyanradha Multistate Co-operative Credit Society Ltd. The investigation revealed that DMCSL's management, including Suresh Kute and Yashvant Kulkarni, embezzled ₹2,467.89 crore, disguised as loans to companies. The society attracted over four lakh investors, offering deposit schemes with interest …

ED seizes assets worth ₹333.82 crore in cooperative society fraud case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

ED seizes assets worth ₹333.82 crore in cooperative society fraud case

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate's Mumbai zonal office has provisionally attached assets worth ₹333.82 crore in a money-laundering investigation involving alleged fraud at Dnyanradha Multistate Co-operative Credit Society Ltd. The Enforcement Directorate's Mumbai zonal office has provisionally attached assets worth ₹ 333.82 crore in a money-laundering investigation. The ED's investigation revealed that DMCSL's management allegedly embezzled funds by fraudulently diverting ₹2,467.89 …

ED attaches assets worth Rs 333 crore in Dnyanradha company fraud case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

ED attaches assets worth Rs 333 crore in Dnyanradha company fraud case

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth over Rs 333 crore in a money laundering case linked to the Dnyanradha Multistate Co-operative Credit Society Ltd, its chairman Suresh Kute, and others. The assets, attached by ED on November 5, include land, buildings, and machinery belonging to Kute Sons Dairys Ltd and Kute Sons Fresh Dairy Pvt Ltd, in Maharashtra’s Satara …

Bank fraud case: ED attaches ₹44 cr assets of Cong MLA
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bank fraud case: ED attaches ₹44 cr assets of Cong MLA

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it has attached assets worth more than ₹44 crore of entities linked to Congress MLA Rao Dan Singh, his son and some others as part of a money laundering investigation. The attachment includes 31 flats in Coban Residency, Sector 99A of Gurugram, and 2.25 acre land in Harsaru village of “entities belonging” to Rao …

Two held for defrauding Noida authority of ₹3.9 cr in 2023 FD scam
3 months, 1 week ago

Two held for defrauding Noida authority of ₹3.9 cr in 2023 FD scam

Hindustan Times  

The Noida Police have arrested two people, including the mastermind, for allegedly defrauding the Noida authority of ₹3.9 crore in 2023 during a fixed deposit scam, officers said on Saturday. On June 30, 2023, posing as an accounts officer from the Noida authority’s finance department, a conman allegedly transferred ₹3.90 crore from the authority’s bank account to various other accounts, …

₹494cr bank fraud case: 97% of loans given were irregular, turned NPA, says ED
4 months ago

₹494cr bank fraud case: 97% of loans given were irregular, turned NPA, says ED

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate’s money-laundering probe in connection with the ₹494-crore fraud Shivajirao Bhosale Sahakari Bank in Pune, has revealed that the key managerial accused persons of the bank allegedly utilised disbursed loan amounts for their own benefit by giving approvals to irregular loan cases, thereby resulting in 97% of such loan cases turning into Non-Performing Assets, causing loss of …

ED attaches ₹678 crore worth assets of Gautam Thapar-owned Avantha Group
4 months, 1 week ago

ED attaches ₹678 crore worth assets of Gautam Thapar-owned Avantha Group

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Businessman Gautam Thapar-owned Avantha Group’s assets worth more than ₹678 crore has been attached by the Enforcement Directorate in a ₹2,435 crore-worth loan fraud case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Businessman Gautam Thapar-owned Avantha Group’s assets worth more than ₹ 678 crore has been attached by the Enforcement Directorate in a ₹ 2,435 crore-worth loan fraud case …

ED conducts search operations in Nagpur, Kolkata, Vishakhapatnam in ₹4,000 crore bank loan fraud case
4 months, 1 week ago

ED conducts search operations in Nagpur, Kolkata, Vishakhapatnam in ₹4,000 crore bank loan fraud case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate’s Nagpur sub-zonal office carried out three days of search operations from August 12 to August 14 at 14 official and residential premises in Nagpur, Kolkata, and Vishakhapatnam as part of a money laundering investigation. ED officials said on Wednesday they are investigating a bank loan fraud by M/s Corporate Power Limited and its promoters and directors: Manoj …

ED raids Haryana Congress MLA Rao Dan Singh in bank loan fraud case
5 months ago

ED raids Haryana Congress MLA Rao Dan Singh in bank loan fraud case

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday searched the premises of Mahendragarh Congress MLA Rao Dan Singh, a metal fabricating company and its promoters as part of a money-laundering probe linked to an alleged ₹1,392-crore worth bank loan fraud case, official sources said. A security personnel stands guard outside the residence Haryana Congress MLA Rao Dan Singh in Sector 17, Gurugram, where …

₹264 cr fraudulent TDS refunds: ED attaches assets including Malabar Hill flat, lands in Khandala and Lonavala
5 months, 1 week ago

₹264 cr fraudulent TDS refunds: ED attaches assets including Malabar Hill flat, lands in Khandala and Lonavala

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth ₹14.02 crore in its money-laundering investigation linked to an alleged fraudulent withdrawal of TDS refunds totalling ₹263.95 crore from the Income Tax department. HT Image The attached assets comprise a flat in Malabar Hill, land parcels in Lonavala and Khandala, bank balances, insurance policies, and fixed deposits, estimated …

ED attaches assets worth over ₹27 crore in cheating case
5 months, 3 weeks ago

ED attaches assets worth over ₹27 crore in cheating case

The Hindu  

The Kochi unit of the Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets valued at ₹27.88 crore in a cheating case involving PRD Mini Nidhi Limited, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The attached assets include immovable properties in the name of the prime accused, Anilkumar D., managing director of the firm, and his family members, and David George, former …

Enforcement Directorate seizes ₹37 crore worth deposits, cash in Ponzi case
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Enforcement Directorate seizes ₹37 crore worth deposits, cash in Ponzi case

The Hindu  

Bank and demat account deposits apart from cash worth about ₹37 crore has been seized by the Enforcement Directorate as part of a money-laundering probe against a Mumbai-based financial consultant and his company who are alleged to have duped investors of ₹600 crore through a Ponzi scheme. The Enforcement Directorate case of money-laundering stems from a Mumbai Police FIR that …

Mumbai: ED seizes Rs 37-cr worth deposits, cash in Ponzi case
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Mumbai: ED seizes Rs 37-cr worth deposits, cash in Ponzi case

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Bank and demat account deposits apart from cash worth about Rs 37 crore has been seized by the ED as part of a money laundering probe against a Mumbai-based financial consultant and his company who are alleged to have duped investors of Rs 600 crore through a Ponzi scheme.The federal agency said on Sunday that the action was …

CBI arrests Dheeraj Wadhawan in ₹34,000 crore DHFL fraud
7 months, 1 week ago

CBI arrests Dheeraj Wadhawan in ₹34,000 crore DHFL fraud

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Dheeraj Wadhawan, promoter of Dewan Housing Finance Ltd, in connection with the ₹35,000 crore fraud with a consortium of 17 banks led by Union Bank of India, people familiar with the development said. The Wadhawan brothers were arrested by CBI on July 19, 2022, but on December 3 same year, a trial court …

Bank fraud case: ED attaches shares worth ₹81cr owned by Ludhiana textile firm
8 months ago

Bank fraud case: ED attaches shares worth ₹81cr owned by Ludhiana textile firm

Hindustan Times  

Jalandhar : The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday provisionally attached moveable assets in the form of shares worth ₹81.03 crore owned by Ludhiana-based SEL Textiles Limited in a bank fraud case. The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday provisionally attached moveable assets in the form of shares worth ₹ 81.03 crore owned by Ludhiana-based SEL Textiles Limited in a bank fraud case. The …

PMLA Adjudicating Authority confirms attachment of over ₹750 crore assets in AJL case
8 months, 1 week ago

PMLA Adjudicating Authority confirms attachment of over ₹750 crore assets in AJL case

The Hindu  

The Adjudicating Authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act has confirmed the attachment of assets worth ₹751.90 crore by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case involving Associated Journals Limited and Young Indian. However, the AICC treated the said loan of ₹90.21 crore as non-recoverable from AJL and sold it for ₹50 lakh to a newly-incorporated company, Young …

ED attaches immovable assets of a hotel worth ₹44 crores under money laundering case
9 months ago

ED attaches immovable assets of a hotel worth ₹44 crores under money laundering case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate, Mumbai, on Saturday said that they have provisionally attached immovable properties consisting of 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th floor of Hotel One Continent at King Koti Road, Sultan Bajaar, Abids, Hyderabad, to the extent of ₹43.84 crore under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, in loan fraud case of the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative …

ED freezes ₹123-crore in illegal online loans, gambling, and betting apps case
9 months, 3 weeks ago

ED freezes ₹123-crore in illegal online loans, gambling, and betting apps case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has frozen about ₹123 crore, kept in the bank accounts of NIUM India Private Limited allegedly on behalf of Singapore-based shell entities, in connection with a case involving illegal online loans, gambling, and betting apps. The premises of NIUM India Private Limited and its Mumbai-based directors; Xoduz Solution Private Limited, Vikrah Trading Enterprises, Tyrannus Technology, Future Vision …

ED attaches ₹2 crore assets in bank fraud case
10 months, 2 weeks ago

ED attaches ₹2 crore assets in bank fraud case

Hindustan Times  

: Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday provisionally attached two immovable properties worth ₹2.15 crore belonging to a stakeholder of a private firm under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in a bank fraud case. HT Image The firm allegedly misappropriated a nationalised bank’s funds causing it to suffer financial losses. They further informed that ED initiated investigation on …

ED conduct searches in AP, TS in a fraud of Rs 311 crore
1 year ago

ED conduct searches in AP, TS in a fraud of Rs 311 crore

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Directorate of Enforcement officials have conducted search operations at six locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in connection with investigation regarding fraud in sanction of loans under Kisan Credit Card to farmers for construction of fish tanks. ED initiated investigation on the basis of FIR registered by …

ED attaches properties worth ₹751 crore in National Herald probe
1 year, 1 month ago

ED attaches properties worth ₹751 crore in National Herald probe

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth ₹751 crore belonging to Associated Journals Limited and Young Indian in its money laundering probe into the affairs of Congress-run National Herald newspaper, the agency said on Tuesday. While immovable properties worth ₹661 crore belonging to AJL have been attached in Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow, YI’s proceeds of crime have been …

Assets worth Rs 752 crore seized in probe against Congress-linked companies
1 year, 1 month ago

Assets worth Rs 752 crore seized in probe against Congress-linked companies

India Today  

Probe agency Enforcement Directorate seized assets worth Rs 751.9 crore in an investigation against Congress-linked entities Associated Journals Limited, and Young Indian in connection with a money laundering case. ACCUSATIONS AGAINST AJL, YOUNG INDIAN AJL had to repay a loan of Rs 90.21 crore to the All India Congress Committee. According to the ED's investigation, after purchasing the loan of …

ED attaches DHFL promoters’ assets worth ₹70 cr
1 year, 1 month ago

ED attaches DHFL promoters’ assets worth ₹70 cr

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets worth ₹70.39 crore belonging to the former promoters of Dewan Housing Finance Limited, Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan. HT Image The attached assets are in the form of paintings and sculpture worth ₹28.58 crore, watches worth ₹5 crore, diamond jewellery worth ₹10.71 crore, 20% stake in a helicopter worth ₹9 crore and two …

ED attaches assets worth over Rs 315 crore in money laundering case against former Maharashtra NCP MP
1 year, 2 months ago

ED attaches assets worth over Rs 315 crore in money laundering case against former Maharashtra NCP MP

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate on Sunday said that it has attached land and other items worth over Rs 315 crore as part of an alleged bank fraud in connection with money laundering probe against a former NCP MP from Maharashtra, his family and businesses. Ishwarlal Shankarlal Jain Lalwani, the former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament from the Nationalist Congress Party, is …

CBI searches premises of firm in ₹3,847.58-crore cheating case
1 year, 3 months ago

CBI searches premises of firm in ₹3,847.58-crore cheating case

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday carried out searches at four premises linked to a city-based firm and four of its promoters, who are accused of cheating a consortium of banks, led by State Bank of India, of ₹3,847.58 crore. The bank has alleged that the firm, Unity Infraprojects Limited, allegedly diverted the loan money it had obtained from …

ED attaches ₹6.47cr assets of Chinese company in job fraud case
1 year, 3 months ago

ED attaches ₹6.47cr assets of Chinese company in job fraud case

The Hindu  

Officials of the Directorate of Enforcement have attached the movable assets worth ₹6.47 crore, including ₹71.3 lakh in the form of cryptocurrency in the China-linked part time job fraud case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. A release said the investigation revealed that gullible youth were cheated by certain Chinese persons through a mobile app, “Keepsharer,” through which they …

ED attaches Rs 59 crore in GDR scam case
1 year, 5 months ago

ED attaches Rs 59 crore in GDR scam case

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In continuation of the investigation, the Enforcement Directorate officials have provisionally attached assets of Rs 59 crore belonging to a Person of India Origin based in London in connection with the PMLA case in an alleged Global Depository Receipts scam. Panchariya and his linked entities like London-based Pan Asia Advisors Limited, India Focus Cardinal Fund and Vintage FZE along …

Two private firms, its directors booked for duping bank of ₹16.85 crore
1 year, 5 months ago

Two private firms, its directors booked for duping bank of ₹16.85 crore

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Two private firms, along with four other persons, have been booked recently for allegedly cheating Union Bank of India of ₹16.85 crore after diverting the sanctioned credit facilities to the borrower. HT Image According to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the loan account of the private venture – a Nagpur-based poultry firm – was classified as a Non-Performing Asset …

ED attaches assets worth ₹52.24 crore in Delhi excise policy case
1 year, 5 months ago

ED attaches assets worth ₹52.24 crore in Delhi excise policy case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets worth ₹52.24 crore belonging to former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and others in the excise policy case, the agency said on July 7. They include immovable assets worth ₹7.29 crore, involving two properties of Mr. Sisodia and his wife; Chariot Productions Media Private Limited and its owner, Rajesh Joshi; and land/flat …

Bank fraud case: ED attaches properties worth ₹24.94 cr of Ludhiana-based firm
1 year, 5 months ago

Bank fraud case: ED attaches properties worth ₹24.94 cr of Ludhiana-based firm

Hindustan Times  

Directorate of Enforcement has provisionally attached properties worth ₹24.94 crore of director of Ludhiana-based Pure Milk Products Private Limited Charanjit Singh Bajaj and guarantor Gurdeep Kaur in connection with a bank fraud case. The properties attached include land and building of the firm situated at village Alamgir, Malerkotla Road in Ludhiana and various immovable properties in the name of both …

CBI registers case against IL&FS subsidiary for defrauding 19 banks of Rs 6,524 cr
1 year, 6 months ago

CBI registers case against IL&FS subsidiary for defrauding 19 banks of Rs 6,524 cr

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against IL&FS Transportation Network Ltd and its directors for allegedly defrauding 19 banks of Rs 6,524 crore between 2016 and 2018, officials said on Friday. The accused persons are white colour criminals and very well know the intricacies of the law and know to save themselves from the clutches …

ED seizes assets worth over Rs 121 crore in Pune bank fraud case
1 year, 7 months ago

ED seizes assets worth over Rs 121 crore in Pune bank fraud case

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached 47 immovable properties worth Rs 121.81 crore in Pune and movable assets worth Rs 54.25 lakh of Devi Concrete Products under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The ED initiated the PMLA investigation based on a predicate FIR at Pune’s Vimantal Police station against Vinay Aranha of the Rosary Education …

CBI books Raigad-based firm for ₹1,017.93-crore loss to bank consortium
1 year, 7 months ago

CBI books Raigad-based firm for ₹1,017.93-crore loss to bank consortium

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation recently registered a case against a Raigad-based steel processing firm and its directors for allegedly causing a loss of ₹1,017.93 crore to a State Bank of India -led bank consortium in the form of unpaid loans. The SBI, which is the complainant in the case, alleged that the firm had siphoned off a portion …

ED seizes ’incriminating data’ of Byju’s over alleged forex law violations
1 year, 7 months ago

ED seizes ’incriminating data’ of Byju’s over alleged forex law violations

Live Mint  

According to a statement made earlier today by the Directorate of Enforcement, three Bengaluru premises related to the education platform Byju and its billionaire CEO Byju Raveendran have undergone searches and seizures for possible violations of the nation's foreign exchange rules. The searches under alleged foreign exchange law violations revealed that Think and Learn Private Limited, Byju's parent firm, had …

Chinese loan app case | ED attaches ₹106-crore assets
1 year, 8 months ago

Chinese loan app case | ED attaches ₹106-crore assets

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has attached movable assets to the tune of ₹106 crore in connection with the “Chinese-controlled” loan app case. They have provided instant short-term loans to the public through loan apps and other means and charged high processing fees.,” said the agency on Wednesday. “These Chinese nationals-controlled entities have indulged in huge money laundering activities through the merchant …

CBI books directors of Chennai steel firm for cheating bank of ₹25.89 crore
1 year, 10 months ago

CBI books directors of Chennai steel firm for cheating bank of ₹25.89 crore

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked the directors of a steel firm on charges of cheating the Indian Overseas Bank and causing a loss to the tune of ₹25.89 crore. The agency’s Economic Offences Branch has registered a case against M/s SAR ISPAT Private Ltd., and its directors Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Sandeep Kothari, Vikranth Sharma and others, for the …

Bengal recruitment scam: ED files chargesheet against Partha Chatterjee, others
2 years, 3 months ago

Bengal recruitment scam: ED files chargesheet against Partha Chatterjee, others

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has filed its first charge sheet against former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his alleged associate Arpita Mukherjee and six companies in the School Service Commission recruitment scam-linked money laundering case, the probe agency said in a statement. According to the probe agency, Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee and six companies — Echhay Entertainment …

ED seizes ₹46.67 crore in money laundering probe into HPZ Token app case
2 years, 3 months ago

ED seizes ₹46.67 crore in money laundering probe into HPZ Token app case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has seized ₹46.67 crore lying in various bank and virtual accounts in connection with a money laundering probe involving the HPZ Token app that allegedly promised its users large gains against investments in mining machines for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. “Shigoo Technology Private Limited was also found linked to various Chinese-controlled companies.several other companies were receiving funds …

Bank Frauds: Know India's 4 Biggest Financial Scams That Have Hit Lenders
2 years, 4 months ago

Bank Frauds: Know India's 4 Biggest Financial Scams That Have Hit Lenders

News 18  

The Enforcement Directorate recently attached assets worth Rs 415 crore of Maharashtra’s two builders in relation to the Yes Bank-DHFL bank loan fraud-linked money laundering case. The DHFL scam is India’s biggest financial fraud involving Rs 34,000 crore, in which a total of 17 banks have been defrauded by this home loan provider. Here’re four biggest financial scams in India: …

DHFL Scam: CBI Seizes AgustaWestland Helicopter from Pune Premises of Builder Avinash Bhosale
2 years, 4 months ago

DHFL Scam: CBI Seizes AgustaWestland Helicopter from Pune Premises of Builder Avinash Bhosale

News 18  

The CBI has seized an AgustaWestland helicopter from the premises of builder Avinash Bhosale in Pune in connection with the Rs 34,615-crore bank fraud case involving DHFL, officials said Saturday. The federal probe agency had booked Dewan Housing Finance Ltd, its former CMD Kapil Wadhawan, Director Deepak Wadhawan and others on June 20 in the bank fraud case worth Rs …

As India’s biggest bank fraud is unearthed, a look at the DHFL case and other big bank frauds in the country
2 years, 5 months ago

As India’s biggest bank fraud is unearthed, a look at the DHFL case and other big bank frauds in the country

Firstpost  

Former promoters of Dewan Housing Finance Ltd are among 13 accused who have been arrested for defrauding a consortium of 17 banks of Rs 34,615 crore The CBI has booked former CMD Kapil Wadhawan and director Dheeraj Wadhawan of Dewan Housing Finance Ltd in the “biggest” banking fraud in India. The audit of DHFL account books showed that the company …

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