Bengaluru, July 23 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has conducted searches at eight locations in Bengaluru in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged ISIS recruitment and terror funding module, the agency said on Thursday. The searches were carried out on 21 July under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. During the operation, the ED seized incriminating electronic records and digital devices and froze proceeds of crime worth Rs 7.50 lakh u…
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New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday carried out search operations at 16 premises across West Bengal, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and other locations in a crackdown on an alleged terror-funding and illegal-infiltration racket. The raids, conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, were led by the agency’s Lucknow Zonal Office.The case stems from an FIR registered by the Uttar Pradesh Anti‑Terrorist Squad (UP ATS) on October 11,…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has attached fresh properties worth Rs 1,021 crore in the Reliance Home Finance Limited (RHFL) and Reliance Commercial Finance Limited (RCFL) case, taking total attachments in the Reliance Anil Ambani Group cases to Rs 20,367 crore under the provisions of PMLA. The investigation was initiated against RHFL and RCFL based on multiple FIRs registered by the CBI “pursuant to complaints filed by several public and privat…
Indore, July 10 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Indore Sub-Zonal Office, has escalated its crackdown on a major government fund embezzlement scam by filing a supplementary chargesheet before the Special Judge (PMLA), Indore, on July 9, 2026. The case involves the fraudulent misappropriation of Rs 20.47 crore from the Block Education Office (BEO), Katthiwada, in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh. The ED initiated the investigation following an FIR registered at Police Station Katth…
Patna, July 7 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Patna Zonal Office, has filed a supplementary prosecution complaint before the Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with the alleged procurement scam involving medicines, medical equipment, and other supplies at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) during the financial years 2008–09 and 2009–10. The supplementary complaint, filed on July 6, 2026, names Om Prakash Pandey, proprietor of M/…
Hyderabad, July 3 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement’s (ED) Hyderabad Zonal Office has auctioned an aircraft (Hawker 800A) seized in a case relating to a Rs 792 crore invoice discounting scam allegedly perpetrated by Amardeep Kumar and his company, Capital Protection Force Pvt Ltd (Falcon Group), an agency statement said on Friday.The Central agency said on Friday that, in a first-of-a-kind action, it auctioned the aircraft through MSTC Limited on July 1 for a sale consideration of Rs 3 crore…
Bengaluru, June 4 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has arrested Karuturi Venkateshwara Rao under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with an investigation into Deepak Cables (India) Limited and others in a case involving alleged fraud against a consortium of banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI), the official statement said on Thursday. The ED initiated the investigation based on an FIR registered by the Central…
Bhopal, June 2 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s Bhopal Zonal Office on Tuesday provisionally attached movable and immovable properties valued at nearly Rs 18.20 crore belonging to Dharmendra Singh Bhadauria, former District Excise Officer of Madhya Pradesh’s Alirajpur, and his family members. The action was taken under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, following allegations of disproportionate assets.The investigation was initiated on the basis of an…
Chandigarh, May 29 (IANS) The ED arrested a company’s top official in a case related to causing Rs 155 crore loss to banks using Foreign Letters of Credit (FLCs) for creating a mirage of fake import of timber from Singapore, an official said on Friday. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Chandigarh Zonal Office, arrested Deepak Singla of Mahesh Timber Pvt Ltd under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, on May 18, 2026.Subsequently, transit remand was taken from Ro…
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) The ED arrested two former employees of IDFC First Bank in connection with an ongoing investigation into the embezzlement of Rs 645 crore from the bank accounts of the Haryana government, the Chandigarh Administration, and others, an official said on Tuesday. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Chandigarh Zonal Office, arrested Ribhav Rishi and Abhay Kumar on Monday under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA),2002, the official said.After t…