The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached 22 immovable and eight movable properties worth Rs. 7.98 crore in a money laundering case related to the illegal export of psychotropic substances, the agency said on Wednesday.
As per the ED, Nisar, who holds a 75 per cent stake in Zebyte Infotech Pvt Ltd (ZIPL) and is a mentor and founder of the VMSL group, was arrested on Monday, February 24, following a search operation at his premises under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
The Delhi High Court on Monday questioned the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on its opposition to the bail plea of Christian Michel James,the alleged middleman and British Ctisen in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper money laundering case.
This is the second time Nepal has been placed on the grey list, which includes countries with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) regimes. Nepal was on the FATF grey list from 2008 to 2014.
The Rouse Avenue Court has allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to separate trials in the AgustaWestland chopper money laundering case, citing delays and prejudices to accused already facing trial.
According to the ED statement issued on Thursday, a case was registered against M/s Lucent Drugs Pvt. Ltd. for illegally exporting Tramadol. The attached assets include land, buildings, and factory premises belonging to M/s Lucent Drugs Pvt. Ltd., situated in Sangareddy District, Telangana.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached three properties worth Rs 10.11 crore owned by Tamil film director S. Shankar in a case of alleged plagiarism related to the film 'Enthiran'. The case stems from a complaint filed by Aarur Tamilnadan in 2011.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) stated that since the CBI recently filed a supplementary chargesheet indicating a higher quantum of money involved than previously probed, the ED may also file a supplementary prosecution complaint soon.
Chirag Shah and Chintan Shah, accused of running illegal online betting operations and broadcasting cricket matches through the "Fairplay" platform, have been remanded to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody until today, February 15.
Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bhopal has taken physical possession of confiscated properties worth crores linked to forest ranger Harishankar Gurjar and others in a money laundering case.