ED Imposter Dupes PMLA Accused Suresh Kumar Agrawal
2 days, 12 hours ago

ED Imposter Dupes PMLA Accused Suresh Kumar Agrawal

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate, Hyderabad zone, has conducted search operations under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 at premises of conman Sandeep Desai in Hyderabad. The ED investigation revealed that Sandeep Desai had contacted Suresh Kumar Agarwal, managing director of CSK Realtors and tried to extort money from him in the name of ED officers. The ED searches led to the recovery and seizure of multiple SIM cards and mobile phones used by Sandeep Desai to entice and extort money from persons facing ED investigation. During investigation, ED officials learnt that Desai used three different mobile numbers to contact Agarwal through Whatsapp and falsely projected himself as one of the senior ED officers. In his statement recorded during the course of investigation, Desai admitted that he tried to extort money from Agarwal in the name of the ED officers by falsely projecting his association with them.

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ED team assaulted while conducting searches in Delhi farmhouse; FIR registered
1 month, 1 week ago

ED team assaulted while conducting searches in Delhi farmhouse; FIR registered

Hindustan Times  

An Enforcement Directorate team was attacked in Delhi by the family of a chartered accountant at their farmhouse in Bijwasan near Kapashera where the former had gone to conduct searches on Thursday morning in connection with cybercrimes, police officials aware of the matter said. Some members of the raiding team, including an assistant director-level officer leading the team, were injured …

ED officer assaulted during raid in cybercrime case
1 month, 1 week ago

ED officer assaulted during raid in cybercrime case

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: An Enforcement Directorate officer was manhandled while conducting a raid at a house in southwest Delhi’s Bijwasan area in the early hours of Thursday, a senior Delhi Police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police Surendra Chaudhary said they received information regarding manhandling of an ED officer in the Bijwasan area after which the police rushed to the spot. “An …

ED's money laundering probe leads to raids across Maharashtra and Gujarat
1 month, 3 weeks ago

ED's money laundering probe leads to raids across Maharashtra and Gujarat

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at more than 16 locations across Maharashtra and Gujarat on Thursday, investigating suspicious banking transactions worth ₹80-90 crore allegedly conducted by a Malegaon-based trader through misappropriated bank accounts. During the raids, which extended into Thursday night, the agency froze approximately ₹ 1.8 crore held in two scrutinised bank accounts. During the raids, which extended …

ED files prosecution complaint against ‘conman’ Kiran Patel in Srinagar; to appear on November 27
1 month, 4 weeks ago

ED files prosecution complaint against ‘conman’ Kiran Patel in Srinagar; to appear on November 27

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate said on Saturday it has filed a prosecution complaint against alleged Gujarat “conman” Kiran Patel before a special court in Srinagar under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The ED initiated investigation on the basis of an FIR registered at the Nishat Police Station in Srinagar against Mr. Patel and others under various sections of Indian Penal …

ED files prosecution complaint against 'conman' Kiran Patel in Srinagar, to appear on Nov 27
1 month, 4 weeks ago

ED files prosecution complaint against 'conman' Kiran Patel in Srinagar, to appear on Nov 27

Deccan Chronicle  

Srinagar: The Enforcement Directorate said on Saturday it has filed a prosecution complaint against alleged Gujarat conman Kiran Patel before a special court here under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.The court took cognisance of the prosecution complaint and issued a notice to the accused to appear on November 27, the agency said. On August 29 last year, a court …

Fake ED Officials Raid DLF Farms Resident, Attempt to Extort ₹5 Crore
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Fake ED Officials Raid DLF Farms Resident, Attempt to Extort ₹5 Crore

The Hindu  

Fake ED officials attempted to extort ₹5 crore from a farmstay resident on the pretext of a raid. Seven men posing as ED officials entered the Ashoka Avenue premises in the Chhattarpur’s DLF Farms claiming that they were conducting a search. They entered the house of the victim and asked him why he was withdrawing cash regularly from his bank …

Seven Arrested for Posing as ED Officers, Bid to Extort Rs 5 Crore in Fake Searches
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Seven Arrested for Posing as ED Officers, Bid to Extort Rs 5 Crore in Fake Searches

ABP News  

Seven people have been arrested for posing as ED officers and attempting to extort Rs 5 crore from a man living in DLF Farms area in South Delhi. The victims were lured to the house by fake ED officers posing as officials and were threatened with arrest and violence if they refused to comply with the demands. The police have …

ED conducts searches in ₹118-crore fraudulent contracts case in Assam
4 months, 2 weeks ago

ED conducts searches in ₹118-crore fraudulent contracts case in Assam

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has conducted searches in connection with the alleged fraudulent award of contracts worth about ₹118 crore from 2013 to 2016 by misappropriation of funds collected as cess for the welfare of construction workers in Assam. In the case being probed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the agency has seized several documents and also attached properties …

ED officer’s arrest: CBI probe finds elements of classic hawala operation
4 months, 4 weeks ago

ED officer’s arrest: CBI probe finds elements of classic hawala operation

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: A currency note of ₹20 with its unique serial number, a contact phone number that is not in regular use, and details of a bribe amount – these tale-tell elements of a classic hawala transaction were allegedly part of the arrangements devised by an official of the Delhi Unit of the Enforcement Directorate for handover of a ₹20 lakh …

ED arrests fourth suspect in Jal Jeevan Mission scam case
5 months, 3 weeks ago

ED arrests fourth suspect in Jal Jeevan Mission scam case

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement has arrested a suspect, Sanjay Badaya, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, for involvement in the Jal Jeevan Mission scam in Rajasthan. Mr. Badaya, the fourth accused arrested in the case, is said to be close to Congress leader and former Public Health Engineering Department Minister Mahesh Joshi. The ED started an investigation into the …

ED files prosecution complaint in West Bengal teachers’ recruitment scam case
8 months, 2 weeks ago

ED files prosecution complaint in West Bengal teachers’ recruitment scam case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a prosecution complaint against two persons, including an alleged middleman, and 106 companies controlled by him, in connection with the alleged assistant teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal. Among those named are the alleged middleman Prasanna Kumar Roy and Santi Prasad Sinha, the then advisor of the West Bengal School Service Commission. The ED probe …

ED raids Haryana Cong MLA, ex-INLD legislator, others in money laundering case
1 year ago

ED raids Haryana Cong MLA, ex-INLD legislator, others in money laundering case

Live Mint  

The Enforcement Directorate on 4 January raided locations of Haryana Congress MLA Surender Panwar, former INLD legislator Dilbag Singh and among others as part of a money laundering case linked to alleged illegal mining in Yamuna Nagar district of the state, official sources said as reported by ANI. This money laundering case stems from several FIRs of the Haryana Police …

ED quizzes Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's advisors over money laundering case
1 year, 4 months ago

ED quizzes Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's advisors over money laundering case

Firstpost  

The federal agency recorded the statement of Baghel’s political advisor Vinod Verma and Officer on Special Duty Manish Banchhore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act The Enforcement Directorate on Monday questioned a political advisor and an OSD of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel as part of a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged illegal betting …

ED Files Charge Sheet Against 'Conman' Who Duped People in Name of PMO, Contacts with Politicians
1 year, 5 months ago

ED Files Charge Sheet Against 'Conman' Who Duped People in Name of PMO, Contacts with Politicians

News 18  

A charge sheet under the anti-money laundering law has been filed against alleged conman Sanjay Prakash Rai alias Sanjay Sherpuria for “cheating” several people by portraying himself to be close to the PMO, senior bureaucrats and politicians, the ED said on Wednesday. The said payment of Rs six crore was received by Rai “under the guise of donation in YREF …

ED attaches suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal's property worth Rs 82 crore in MGNREGA scam
1 year, 7 months ago

ED attaches suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal's property worth Rs 82 crore in MGNREGA scam

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 82.77 crore belonging to suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal and others in Ranchi, Jharkhand on December 1, 2022, in connection with the MGNREGA scam, the Adjudicating Authority confirmed. The properties include one Super Speciality Hospital namely Pulse Super Speciality Hospital, one diagnostics centre namely Pulse Diagnostic and Imaging Centre, plant …

ED fabricating statements and misleading court, says Kejriwal
1 year, 8 months ago

ED fabricating statements and misleading court, says Kejriwal

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday accused the Enforcement Directorate of “fabricating statements and misleading the court” in the excise policy case against former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, particularly with regard to the alleged destruction of 14 mobile phones. In March, the ED had claimed before a Delhi court that Mr. Sisodia was involved in “large-scale destruction of digital …

Jharkhand money laundering probe: ED raids multiple locations of IAS officer
1 year, 8 months ago

Jharkhand money laundering probe: ED raids multiple locations of IAS officer

Hindustan Times  

Officials from the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday began conducting raids at multiple locations linked to IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan across different cities in connection with a land fraud case, people aware of the development said. The raids are in connection with a money laundering probe conducted by the federal agency at around two dozen locations, including his official residence, over …

Maharashtra sugar mill case: ED raids premises linked to NCP leader Hasan Mushrif’s close aide in Pune
1 year, 9 months ago

Maharashtra sugar mill case: ED raids premises linked to NCP leader Hasan Mushrif’s close aide in Pune

India TV News  

Pune: The Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches at many places liked to a close aide and business partner of former minister and NCP leader Hasan Mushrif in Pune in connection with the Maharashtra sugar mill case. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1642763501855973377 Earlier in March, senior NCP leader was summoned for questioning in a money laundering investigation being conducted against him and others. Maharashtra sugar …

ED arrests Jharkhand chief engineer for money laundering, gets 5-day remand
1 year, 10 months ago

ED arrests Jharkhand chief engineer for money laundering, gets 5-day remand

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested Veerendra Kumar Ram, chief engineer of the Jharkhand rural development department, on money laundering charges, after a two-day rigorous search operation conducted at multiple locations related to him across three states. The ED produced Ram before the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court of P K Sharma in Ranchi and got five-day remand …

Pune man hides in room, destroys evidence as ED comes knocking
1 year, 11 months ago

Pune man hides in room, destroys evidence as ED comes knocking

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate carried out a search operation at the residence of a former bank official in Pune in a money laundering case. Amar Mulchandani, former chairman of Seva Vikas Co-operative Bank, was hiding in a room when ED officials came knocking. Subsequently, the Joint Registrar did an audit of the entire Seva Vikas Co-operative Bank and found gross fraud …

ED searches residences of jailed IPS officer and others in connection with PSI recruitment scam
2 years, 1 month ago

ED searches residences of jailed IPS officer and others in connection with PSI recruitment scam

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement carried out search operations at residences of jailed IPS officer Amrit Paul and others, who are accused of involvement in the PSI recruitment scam, on Thursday. Records seized In a press release, ED stated that under the provision of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, searches were carried out at 11 locations associated with the accused …

ED To Investigate Bhima Koregaon Accused For Money Laundering, Seeks Permission To Record Surendra Gadling's Statement
2 years, 5 months ago

ED To Investigate Bhima Koregaon Accused For Money Laundering, Seeks Permission To Record Surendra Gadling's Statement

Live Law  

Over four and a half years after the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad caste violence incident, the Enforcement Directorate is pursuing money laundering proceedings against certain civil liberties activists accused in the case. The ED has approached the Special Court in Mumbai seeking permission to record accused Advocate Surendra Gadling's statement under section 50 of the PMLA Act regarding an …

Sanjay Raut to appear before ED tomorrow for questioning in money laundering case
2 years, 6 months ago

Sanjay Raut to appear before ED tomorrow for questioning in money laundering case

India TV News  

Sanjay Raut to appear before ED: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said that he will appear before the Enforcement Directorate seluths tomorrow for questiuoning in a case related to alleged irregularities in the re-development of a Mumbai 'chawl' and related financial property transactions. "I will be going to the Enforcement Directorate office tomorrow," Raut told reporters in Mumbai. …

J'khand: ED takes IAS Pooja Singhal's CA on remand for 5 days in money laundering case
2 years, 8 months ago

J'khand: ED takes IAS Pooja Singhal's CA on remand for 5 days in money laundering case

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has taken Jharkhand mining secretary and IAS Pooja Singhal's chartered accountant on remand for five days in a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The ED also recorded IAS Pooja Singhjal’s statement on Saturday after the agency seized over Rs 19 crore and documents linking her with the CM from two of her close aides. …

ED presents IAS Pooja Singhal's CA in court after conducting medical examination
2 years, 8 months ago

ED presents IAS Pooja Singhal's CA in court after conducting medical examination

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate presented IAS Pooja Singhal's chartered accountant Suman Kumar in court on Saturday after completing his medical examination at Jharkhand's Sadar Hospital. The ED also recorded IAS Pooja Singhjal’s statement on Saturday after the agency seized over Rs 19 crore and documents linking her with the CM from two of her close aides. The ED seized a total …

ED raids locations in Jharkhand MGNREGA funds fraud PMLA case
2 years, 8 months ago

ED raids locations in Jharkhand MGNREGA funds fraud PMLA case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted raids at multiple premises, including that of Jharkhand mining secretary, in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged embezzlement of ₹18 crore MGNREGA funds in Khunti district of the state, officials said. They said the premises of IAS officer and Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal are also being covered as part of …

ED raids locations in Jharkhand MGNREGA funds fraud PMLA case
2 years, 8 months ago

ED raids locations in Jharkhand MGNREGA funds fraud PMLA case

India TV News  

Highlights Searches were carried out at 18 premises in Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal Premises of IAS officer and Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal were covered as part of action ED took cognisance of 16 FIRs and charge sheets filed by the Jharkhand vigilance bureau The ED on Thursday conducted raids at multiple premises, including that of Jharkhand mining secretary …

ED widens probe into Sanjay Agarwal’s frauds
2 years, 8 months ago

ED widens probe into Sanjay Agarwal’s frauds

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A day after officials from the Enforcement Directorate filed a prosecution complaint against Sanjay Agarwal, the managing partner of Ghanshyamdas Gems and Jewels, in a money laundering case, the agency intensified its probe to look into illegal funds that were diverted to foreign countries by him. Cases registered against Sanjay Agarwal October 19, 201: The CBI, Bank Security and …

ED seizes cash, foreign currency after raids in Punjab against ex GMADA official, associates
3 years, 1 month ago

ED seizes cash, foreign currency after raids in Punjab against ex GMADA official, associates

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate seized Rs 10.30 lakh in cash and foreign currency after raiding the premises of a former Greater Mohali Area Development Authority chief engineer and the promoter of a multi-system operator in Punjab as part of a money-laundering investigation. "The residential and business premises of Surinder Pal Singh alias Pehalwan were searched under the Prevention of Money Laundering …

Ex-Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh arrested by ED in money laundering case after over 12 hours questioning
3 years, 2 months ago

Ex-Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh arrested by ED in money laundering case after over 12 hours questioning

Firstpost  

The case against the former Maharashtra home minister was made out after the CBI booked him in a corruption case related to allegations of at least Rs 100 crore bribery made by former Mumbai Police commissioner Parambir Singh Mumbai: Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate late Monday night after over 12 hours of questioning …

ED Raids Activist Harsh Mander's Premises in Delhi on Money Laundering Charges
3 years, 3 months ago

ED Raids Activist Harsh Mander's Premises in Delhi on Money Laundering Charges

News 18  

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches at the premises of human rights activist and retired IAS officer Harsh Mander here in connection with a money laundering investigation, official sources said. They said his residence and NGO offices located in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj, Adchini and Mehrauli areas are being searched under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering …

Bihar-based builder arrested by ED for multi-crore fraud
3 years, 3 months ago

Bihar-based builder arrested by ED for multi-crore fraud

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Anil Kumar Singh, the managing director of Bihar-based Patliputra Builders Limited and other group companies, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, in a cheating case. The ED initiated its investigation based on FIRs and charge sheets filed by the Patna Police under the Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act against Anil Kumar Singh. …

Money laundering case: More trouble for ex-Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh as ED widens probe
3 years, 4 months ago

Money laundering case: More trouble for ex-Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh as ED widens probe

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate has widened its probe into the alleged money laundering and kickbacks case registered against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh and others as it plans to soon question a number of people linked to him, officials said on Monday. Officials said the ED is also looking at more assets of Deshmukh, his family and others that can …

Sachin Vaze says he referred to Anil Deshmukh as 'No. 1' during his extortion bids, say sources
3 years, 5 months ago

Sachin Vaze says he referred to Anil Deshmukh as 'No. 1' during his extortion bids, say sources

India Today  

Former Mumbai Police officer, Sachin Vaze, has said in his statement to Enforcement Directorate officials that in his conversations with the bar owners, he referred to former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh as ‘Number 1’. Vaze used to refer to Deshmukh as ‘Number 1’ while collecting extortion money from the bar owners in Mumbai on the alleged orders of the …

Maharashtra money laundering case: ED likely to question some IPS officers
3 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra money laundering case: ED likely to question some IPS officers

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate will question some IPS officers in connection with the alleged money laundering case against former Home Minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh. Read | ED summons Anil Deshmukh in money laundering case; arrests his PA, personal secretary ED officials informed the court that they needed further custody of Palande and Shinde as the proceeds of crime were yet …

'Won't Evade Probe, Will Expose False Charges': Ex-Maha Minister Exempted from Appearing Before ED
3 years, 6 months ago

'Won't Evade Probe, Will Expose False Charges': Ex-Maha Minister Exempted from Appearing Before ED

News 18  

Maharashtra’s former home minister Anil Deshmukh has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate to appear before it around 11 am on Saturday in connection with a money laundering case against the politician related to charges of bribery of Rs 100 crore. This came hours after ED sleuths arrested Deshmukh’s personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde, who will …

ED issues fresh summons to Anil Deshmukh in money laundering case
3 years, 6 months ago

ED issues fresh summons to Anil Deshmukh in money laundering case

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Anil Deshmukh in the money laundering case after the former Maharashtra home minister failed to appear before the financial probe agency on Saturday. Earlier on Friday, two aides of Anil Deshmukh -- personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde -- were arrested by the ED in a money laundering case. …

ED arrests Omkar Realtors MD and Chairman in Rs 22000 cr SRA scam case
3 years, 11 months ago

ED arrests Omkar Realtors MD and Chairman in Rs 22000 cr SRA scam case

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested the Chairman and Managing Director of one of the most prominent developers in Mumbai. Kamal Gupta Chairman of, Omkar Realtors and Developers and Babulal Verma who is Managing Director of the firm have been placed under arrest after searches went on at the premises offices of Omkar group for almost three days starting Monday. Sources …

ED questions PFI officials in connection with PMLA probe, 'links' with Delhi politicians and anti-CAA protests
4 years, 11 months ago

ED questions PFI officials in connection with PMLA probe, 'links' with Delhi politicians and anti-CAA protests

Firstpost  

ED questioned some Popular Front of India officials in connection with a money-laundering probe against it and an NGO linked to it, officials said New Delhi: The ED has questioned some Popular Front of India officials in connection with a money-laundering probe against it and an NGO linked to it, officials said on Thursday. The sources said the agency is …

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