money laundering

London, March 18 Nirav Modi, a fugitive diamond merchant, concluded his application hearing seeking permission to reopen his extradition appeal in the High Court in London, with claims that he faces a “real risk of torture” during interrogations by Indian investigating agencies.Lord Jeremy...

New Delhi, March 17 The Enforcement Directorate has recovered immovable assets worth Rs 650 crore for over 2,300 homebuyers as part of an investigation into money laundering against Faridabad-based real estate company SRS Group, officials said on Tuesday.They said a special provision in the...

New Delhi, March 17: Special courts dealing with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) have delivered judgments on the merits in connection with money laundering in 59 cases. Of these, conviction orders have been passed in 56 cases, convicting 124 accused in the cases filed by the...

Bengaluru, March 16 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at the offices of Mantri Developers, a prominent real estate firm based in Bengaluru, and at the residences of its founder and Chairman, Sushil Mantri, on Monday, as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering...

New Delhi/Imphal, March 16 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued its third Provisional Attachment Order (PAO), attaching properties worth Rs 50.8 crore linked to several private companies and their associated entities based in Manipur, according to sources in the central investigating...

Bhopal, March 16 – The Enforcement Directorate's Bhopal Zonal Office has arrested Kishan Modi, a key individual linked to M/s Jayshri Gayatri Food Products Pvt Ltd, in a major money laundering case involving the production and export of adulterated dairy products.The arrest was made on March...

Bhopal, March 16 The Enforcement Directorate said on Monday that it has arrested the owner and managing director of a food company based in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly selling "adulterated" dairy products.Kishan Modi of Jayshri Gayatri Food Products Pvt. Ltd. (JGFPPL) was taken into custody...

Chandigarh, March 14 The Haryana State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a jeweler on Saturday in connection with the IDFC First Bank fraud case. Investigators found that more than ₹250 crore had been routed to his firm from companies linked to the accused.Rajan Katodia...

Kochi, March 14 The Kochi city cyber police have recovered over Rs 1 crore stolen from an 81-year-old man through a "digital arrest" online fraud.The incident occurred in November last year when the elderly man was defrauded of around Rs 1.30 crore in a digital arrest scam, where fraudsters...

New Delhi, March 13 The Enforcement Directorate said on Friday that it had arrested two "absconding" accused in an alleged Rs 180 crore digital Ponzi scheme case from Bharuch district in Gujarat, where they were "hiding" after returning from Dubai via Nepal.Sudhir Dalsukhbhai Kotadiya and...

Chandigarh, March 13 – The ED conducted searches at 19 premises across Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Gurgaon, and Bangalore in connection with the IDFC First Bank case involving the embezzlement of public funds amounting to Rs 597 crore, an official said on Friday.During the searches, more...

The Shopian police in Jammu & Kashmir have successfully busted a fake currency circulation racket and recovered counterfeit notes worth ₹79,000, leading to the arrest of three individuals.Shopian, March 13: The Shopian police in Jammu & Kashmir have successfully busted a fake currency...

New Delhi, March 13 The Enforcement Directorate said on Friday that it has frozen 90 bank accounts following recent searches in the IDFC First Bank-linked money laundering case, where an alleged sum of ₹590 crore of Haryana government funds is said to have been siphoned off.The federal...

New Delhi, March 13 The Delhi High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a man in a case of "digital arrest," noting that instances of extorting money from unsuspecting victims using technology are increasingly being reported across the country.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said the...

New Delhi, March 12 – The Delhi High Court issued a notice to Al-Falah University Group Chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui on Thursday in response to a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging a trial court order granting him interim bail in a money laundering case related to the...

New Delhi, March 12 A Delhi court has issued a notice to the joint secretary of the Consular Passport and Visa division (CPV) of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to clarify the position regarding extradition proceedings against a former managing director of Bush Foods Overseas Pvt Ltd...

Ahmedabad, March 12 A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) here on Thursday rejected the regular bail plea of IAS officer and former Surendranagar collector Rajendrakumar Patel, who was arrested in January by the Enforcement Directorate in a bribery-linked money...

New Delhi, March 12 The Enforcement Directorate challenged in the Delhi High Court the two-week interim bail granted to Al Falah University group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui in a money laundering case, arguing that the trial court did not consider his involvement in the Red Fort blast case...

New Delhi, March 12 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted coordinated searches at 15 locations across Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab in connection with a large-scale, organized online investment and part-time job fraud, an official statement said on Thursday.The...

New Delhi, March 12 The CBI has conducted searches at 15 locations across multiple states in connection with a large-scale online financial fraud involving the overseas fintech platform 'Pyypl', officials said on Thursday.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now seeking custody of the...