hawala

Guwahati, April 11 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint before a special PMLA court in Guwahati against former officials of the National Project Construction Corporation (NPCC) and private contractors in connection with an alleged bribery and money laundering case...

Mumbai, April 11 – In a significant breakthrough, the Mumbai Police have uncovered a major terror funding angle linked to a suspected hawala racket, with key accused Salim Sheikh allegedly creating fake passports for nearly 40 individuals using forged documents.The Anti-Terrorism Branch of the...

Noida, April 9 – Police in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, have achieved a major success in their crackdown on cybercrime, with the Cyber Crime Police Station team arresting 16 individuals on Thursday for operating a fake call center in Sector-16, Noida.The gang used paid online...

New Delhi, April 8 – The rapid rise of crypto-hawala is emerging as a serious concern for security and enforcement agencies, as digital channels are increasingly replacing the traditional hawala system, which relied on personal trust and informal networks.While the purpose of such transactions...

New Delhi, April 2 The Enforcement Directorate conducted fresh searches on Thursday against two executives of the political consultancy firm I-PAC, former AAP communication in-charge Vijay Nair, and others, in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged coal scam in West Bengal...

New Delhi, April 2 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted fresh searches on Thursday against an executive of political consultancy firm I-PAC, former AAP communication in-charge Vijay Nair, and others in connection with an alleged coal "scam" in West Bengal, officials said.The raids are...

Bengaluru/New Delhi, April 2 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids on Thursday at several locations linked to I-PAC, owned by Prashant Kishor, in connection with the Bengal coal smuggling scam.The raids were carried out at multiple locations in Bengaluru, Delhi, and Hyderabad...

Nashik (Maharashtra), March 28 Police said on Saturday that two more cases have been registered against self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, adding that the Special Investigation Team investigating him has received over 100 complaints via phone.With this, a total of ten FIRs, eight...

New Delhi/Agartala, March 27 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth approximately Rs 2.21 crore belonging to three accused under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.The assets were allegedly accumulated...

New Delhi, March 25 The Enforcement Directorate said on Wednesday that it has filed a chargesheet against certain nationals of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India as part of an investigation into money laundering related to a 2019 case involving the smuggling of over 580 kg of heroin along the...

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has cracked a major international arms trafficking network linked to Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, and arrested 10 key operatives in the Walled City area of the national capital. Speaking to the media, Joint Commissioner (Crime) of the Delhi Police, Surendra...

Raipur, March 25 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Raipur Zonal Office, has dealt a major blow to the illegal online betting syndicate by provisionally attaching properties worth nearly Rs 1,700 crore in the high-profile Mahadev Online Book betting case.In a Provisional Attachment Order...

Ahmedabad, March 24 A yoga teacher from Surat and six others, who were arrested last week for possessing fake Indian currency notes (FICN), are believed to have circulated around Rs 10 to 12 lakh in fake currency, police said on Tuesday.During interrogation, Pradip Jotangiya, a yoga teacher...

New Delhi, March 12 – The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror funding case. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta granted relief to the 74-year-old leader, noting his prolonged period of incarceration and the delay in the...

Chandigarh/New Delhi, March 11 The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case and conducted searches at multiple locations on Wednesday in connection with the alleged embezzlement of Rs 590 crore from the accounts of the Haryana government, maintained with IDFC First Bank, in...

Chandauli (UP), February 28 The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Saturday claimed to have recovered Rs 1.75 crore in cash from two young men traveling on the Akal Takht Express train when it arrived at the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Railway Station in the Chandauli district.GRP Circle Officer...

Bengaluru, February 25 – The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) submitted a charge sheet against Kannada actress Harshavardini Ranya alias Ranya Rao and others in connection with the gold smuggling case before a special PMLA court here on Wednesday, an agency statement said on Wednesday."The...

New Delhi, February 25 The Enforcement Directorate filed a chargesheet in Bengaluru on Wednesday in a money laundering case against Kannada actor Ranya Rao and two others allegedly involved in gold smuggling.Besides Rao, the federal investigation agency named Tarun Konduru, the actor's alleged...

Palghar, February 24 Five individuals have been arrested for allegedly operating a fake call center from an apartment in Palghar district, Maharashtra, and defrauding US nationals by posing as tech support representatives, police said on Tuesday.The local crime branch raided an apartment in...

New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Delhi High Court to decide within three weeks on the bail plea of Leena Paulose, the wife of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, in a case involving an extortion of ₹200 crore.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh...