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ED arrests Heera Group associate in money laundering case

Karuvannur bank case: Court accepts EDโ€™s supplementary chargesheet against CPI(M), party leaders

Special Court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act set to issue summons to those named in chargesheet and direct them to appear on July 4

From lakhs to crores: How a family received 17 times compensation for Bharatmala project

ED accuses Raipur family of getting โ‚น9.83 crore as compensation for land acquired under the Bharatmala project, against the legitimately payable amount of โ‚น56.76 lakh; ED probing money laundering angle

Former Reliance ADAG executive Amitabh Jhunjhunwala sent in CBI custody

He was earlier lodged in the Tihar Central Jail in Delhi in judicial custody in a related money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate

ED raids in Maharashtra, Gujarat in Salim Dola drugs case

The 59-year-old Dola was brought back by India from Tรผrkiye in April and was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) soon after he landed at the Delhi airport

ED attaches properties worth โ‚น1,000 crore in Chhattisgarh liquor scam case

Attachments include Goa hotel bought using money physically transported allegedly at the instance of ex-CM Bhupesh Baghelโ€™s son, claims agency

Money mule account used to route cyber scam funds, case registered

#8  |  May 30, 08:42 UTC Crime & Justice The Hindu ๐Ÿ”—

Delhi court orders framing of charges against Jacqueline Fernandez, Sukesh, 15 others in money laundering case

The ED alleged that Jacqueline Fernandez was in constant touch with accused Chandrashekhar and had received valuable gifts from him through Pinky Irani

#9  |  May 30, 03:05 UTC Crime & Justice The Hindu ๐Ÿ”—

ED provisionally attaches โ‚น634.12 crore assets linked to Noida-based UGCC project

The ED probe is based on 76 First Information Reports registered by the Delhi Police and CBI against Unitech Limited, its promoters/directors and others, alleging that they fraudulently diverted homebuyersโ€™ funds

#10  |  May 27, 10:53 UTC Crime & Justice The Hindu ๐Ÿ”—

Railway police seize โ‚น1.22 crore hawala cash on Devagiri Express; one held at Secunderabad

#11  |  May 23, 11:34 UTC Crime & Justice The Hindu ๐Ÿ”—

One more Trinamool councillor from Bidhannagar arrested

Charges against the arrested TMC leaders include extortion, intimidation, and money laundering; the TMCโ€™s top leadership remains largely silent on the arrestsย 

Two Chinese nationals charged in US drug cartel money-laundering case

Two Chinese nationals were indicted on charges of conspiracy to launder money for drug cartels, the US Justice Department announced on Friday. Ruhuan Zhen and Hongce Wu allegedly hid the source of illegally obtained funds on behalf of various criminal groups operating across borders, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). The two remain at large, the Justice Department said. According to court documents filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, Zhen, Wu...

#13  |  May 20, 04:30 UTC Crime & Justice The Hindu ๐Ÿ”—

โ‚น70 crore money laundering case: ED gets 'godman' Ashok Kharat's custody till May 26

The financial crime investigation agency has accused Kharat of orchestrating a massive extortion racket and laundering over โ‚น70 crore through a web of 'benami' bank accounts

#14  |  May 14, 17:29 UTC Crime & Justice The Hindu ๐Ÿ”—

ED arrests Kolkata Police DC Shantanu Sinha Biswas in money laundering case

ED issued a lookout notice for Shantanu Biswas for ignoring summons; he was viewed as close to the former TMC government, and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari had previously made allegations against police officials

#15  |  May 14, 09:38 UTC Crime & Justice The Hindu ๐Ÿ”—

ED cracks down on โ€œillegalโ€ sale of SRMF properties worth crores

Agency conducts searches in Delhi and Noida in money laundering probe linked to alleged forged documents, fake resolutions and sale of Spiritual Regeneration Movement Foundation lands across multiple States

#16  |  May 13, 08:32 UTC Crime & Justice The Hindu ๐Ÿ”—

Visakhapatnam police bust โ‚น400 crore online betting racket; 7 held

The Police Commissioner said the kingpin Karan Pakhrani and six associates were arrested from Regent Park in Kolkata; the racket allegedly used 224 mule bank accounts to launder money

Hong Kong customs arrests 3 over illicit cigarettes seizure, HK$11.3m in proceeds

Hong Kong customs has arrested three members of a local syndicate suspected of selling illicit cigarettes and laundering money, seizing about 2.2 million untaxed products and alleged criminal proceeds of HK$11.3 million. The Customs and Excise Department said on Wednesday that officers raided five residential flats a day earlier, arresting two men aged 31 and 37, and a 35-year-old woman on suspicion of money laundering. The department said the operation stemmed from January, when officers first...

Zelensky's ex-chief of staff in court as Ukraine corruption probe escalates

Andriy Yermak was named by Ukraine's two anti-corruption agencies as a suspect in a money-laundering scheme.

Zelenskyโ€™s ex-chief of staff named as suspect in money-laundering probe

Two national agencies fighting corruption in Ukraine have named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyโ€™s former chief of staff as an official suspect in a major corruption investigation. Ukraineโ€™s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutorโ€™s Office announced late on Monday that Andriy Yermak is suspected of an alleged 460-million-hryvnia (US$10.5 million) money-laundering scheme. The announcement coincided with, but was not connected to, the end of a three-day...

US Treasury Department tells banks to flag suspected Iranian money-laundering networks

The Treasury Department wants US banks and other financial institutions to monitor for suspected Iranian money-laundering networks that use their funds to smuggle sanctioned oil through shell companies and cryptocurrency networks. The move, which effectively deputises the global financial system to help disrupt Iranโ€™s sanctions-evasion infrastructure, comes as the US and Iran reached another impasse over how to end their war while their ceasefire has grown increasingly shaky. US President Donald...

#21  |  May 9, 00:03 UTC Crime & Justice The Hindu ๐Ÿ”—

ED raids Punjab Minister Sanjeev Arora, linked persons again

The action was taken under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the officials said