Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken possession of a flat in Thane that was registered in the name of a close associate of Iqbal Kaskar. This action is part of their ongoing money laundering investigation against him and his brother, Dawood Ibrahim.The ED alleged that Kaskar and his associates compelled a Thane builder to…
Ajit Pawar, Hasan Mushrif and Dhananjay Munde. MUMBAI: The BJP-led govt in Maharashtra has inducted several ministers who are still facing Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigations. This includes Pratap Sarnaik, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. None of them have been chargesheeted, but no closure reports have been filed in court indicating…
NEW DELHI: In another significant action, Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it restituted properties worth Rs 4,025 crore to JSW, a successful resolution applicant of the erstwhile Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd, under corporate insolvency resolution process of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.The assets were attached by ED in 2019 after a money laundering probe…
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized assets valued at Rs 387.99 crore in the Mahadev Online Book case. The properties comprise investments by a Mauritius-based firm, Tano Investment Opportunities Fund, linked to Hari Shankar Tibrewal and real estate in Chhattisgarh, Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh, registered under various betting app promoters and associates, according to…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine a plea seeking recall of its Sept 26 bail order to DMK‘s Senthil Balaji on the ground that witnesses may not feel free to depose against a cabinet minister. Balaji was granted bail in a money laundering case linked to a cash-for-jobs scam. In what can…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday lodged an FIR in the alleged Maharashtra Bitcoin scam, news agency ANI reported quoting sources.The central agency booked Amit Bhardwaj, Ajay Bhardwaj and four others for allegedly collecting 80,000 Bitcoins and diverting the funds worth Rs 6,606 crore through nine overseas firms to purchase properties…
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate has recovered Rs 8.8 crore from the Chennai office of Santiago Martin, better known as lottery king, during searches on Thursday in a money laundering case against him and other associates for illegal gains of more than Rs 900 crore made in distribution and sale of lotteries.The searches were carried out…
NEW DELHI: Within weeks of the Madras high court validating the Enforcement Directorate’s money laundering probe against India’s biggest political donor Santiago Martin, better known as ‘lottery king’, the agency on Thursday carried out searches at 20 premises of the accused and his associates across Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Haryana and Punjab. Martin and his…
NEW DELHI: In a first, Enforcement Directorate went after a group of land grabbers in Chennai that had encroached upon a plot worth Rs 13 crore in Saidapet area, and restituted it to its owner, a significant development in the face of several such cases of usurpation taking several decades to be disposed of and…
Initial Contact: Scammers first send an SMS, email, or a WhatsApp text. The message states that the recipient’s name or phone number is linked to criminal acts like pornography, drug peddling or money laundering. They are instructed to call a specific number to avoid ‘digital arrest‘.Impersonation via video calls: Once the victim responds, scammers initiate…
