Rs 10,000 salary, Rs 300 crore transactions: Rapido driver linked to hawala scam
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ED officials found that ride-hailing driver Pradeep Ode's bank account was allegedly being used to route funds linked to illegal cricket betting and stock market manipulation.
An illegal cricket betting and stock market racket involving hawala channels and fake bank transactions worth Rs 550 crore has been busted in Ahmedabad after probe agencies flagged suspicious activity in the bank account of a Rapido driver earning barely Rs 10,000 to Rs 12,000 a month.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) uncovered the network after more than Rs 300 crore in transactions were detected in the driver’s account, triggering a deeper probe into what officials described as a well-organised financial crime syndicate.
The investigation began when authorities noticed unusually high-value transactions in the account of Pradeep Ode, a ride-hailing driver with modest earnings.
The scale and frequency of deposits immediately raised red flags. ED officials found that Ode’s bank account was allegedly being used to route funds linked to illegal cricket betting and stock market manipulation.
Following preliminary findings, the Assistant Director of the ED lodged a formal complaint with the Ahmedabad Crime Branch.
During questioning, Ode admitted that he had rented out his bank account to an individual identified as Kiran Parmar in exchange for Rs 25,000.
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