The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Monday mentioned it has carried out a search operation and freezed account steadiness of Rs. 5.59 crore of Aamir Khan and its accomplices in a fraud involving cellular gaming software E-nuggets.
The ED has taken the motion below the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The instantaneous case was registered on the premise of FIR dated February 15, 2021, filed below numerous sections of IPC by Park Street Police Station, Kolkata Police, towards Aamir Khan and others, based mostly on criticism filed by Federal Bank authorities, within the courtroom of Learned Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Calcutta, the ED mentioned in an announcement.
Aamir Khan, son of Nesar Ahmed Khan, launched a cellular gaming software particularly E-Nuggets, which was designed for the aim of defrauding public. Further, after amassing sizeable quantity from the general public, the entire sudden, the withdrawal from the mentioned app was stopped, on one pretext or the opposite. Thereafter, all information together with profile info was wiped off from the mentioned app servers, the ED mentioned.
It was revealed through the investigation that a number of accounts (greater than 300) had been used to launder the cash. On the premise of data obtainable, the quantity of Rs. 5.59 crore mendacity in steadiness within the mentioned associated financial institution accounts has been freezed, the enforcement company mentioned.
Earlier through the search operation performed towards mentioned Aamir Khan, Rs. 17.32 crore money was discovered and seized from the residential premises; 85.91870554 Bitcoins equal to $1674255.7 (practically Rs. 14 crore) present in steadiness in Binance Exchange was freezed; cryptocurrencies [WRX (utility token of WazirX) and USDT (Tether)] equal to Rs. 47.64 lakhs was freezed in “WazirX Accounts”.
During investigations performed below PMLA thus far, an quantity of Rs. 36.96 crore has been seized/ freezed in whole on this case. Further investigation is below progress, the ED mentioned.
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