Mobile App Fraud: Probe Agency Attaches Fresh Assets Worth Over Rs 278 Crore
NDTV
The money-laundering case stems from an October 2021 FIR registered by the cyber crime police station in Nagaland's Kohima on the charge of duping gullible investors.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has attached assets worth more than Rs 278 crore of various entities, including those with links to China, in a money-laundering probe over the alleged cheating of investors through mobile phone-based app "HPZ Token".
The ED had earlier attached properties worth Rs 176.67 crore in the case.
An order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been issued to provisionally attach "proceeds of crime in the form of movable and immovable properties valued at Rs 278.71 crore belonging to various persons and shell (dummy) entities, including Chinese-linked shell entities, which were allegedly found to be involved in duping investors of hundreds of crores", the central agency said in a statement.
