"Five Indians and two Nigerians of a cheating syndicate operating nationwide have been arrested... They used to gain people's confidence by offering fake lottery tickets, gift or prize schemes, or by impersonating a woman," DCP Singh told ANI.
The agency is probing lottery scam case registered in 2012 against lottery baron Santiago Martin and others, in which the Sikkim government was allegedly cheated.
The raids have been underway since Thursday morning in at the premises of suspects in West Bengal's Kolkata, Sikkim, and Tamil Nadu's Chennai and Coimbatore.
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Saturday that it has provisionally attached movable assets worth Rs 409.92 crore in a lottery scam case involving Martin Santiago, better known as 'Lottery King'.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 2 (ANI): The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday arrested three people in New Delhi in connection with an online lottery scam.
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 22 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached assets consisting of 61 flats, 82 open plots and six plots with buildings located in Coimbatore worth Rs 119.6 crore of 'lottery king' Santiago Martin and his associates in connection with a lottery sca
Dubai [UAE], Feb 28 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC), a global governing body of cricket, warned fans against scams claiming to be associated with the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019, starting May 30 in England.