Delhi's Saket Court on Wednesday convicted five accused in Journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case under provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
A Raja, according to the ED, incorporated the benami company in 2007 in the name of his family members and his close family friend, with the sole objective of using it as a vehicle to park the proceeds of crime.
The Enforcement Directorate has conducted searches against the money laundering networks linked with Mahadev APP in cities like Kolkata, Bhopal, Mumbai and retrieved incriminating evidence, besides seizing proceeds of crime worth Rs 417 crore.
Nitesh Purohit, a close associate of Anwar Dhebar and Trilok Singh Dhillon who was found to be a prime beneficiary of Proceeds of Crime has been arrested under the provisions of PMLA, 2002 by the ED.
The Minister stated that as on date, proceeds of crime of Rs 2,116 crore (approx) have been identified, out of which proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 859.15 crore have been attached/seized/frozen under the provisions of PMLA.
ED had earlier issued a Provisional Attachment Order (PAO) attaching proceeds of crime worth Rs 152.5 crore and filed a Prosecution Complaint under PMLA. Recently, searches were conducted in Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Pune on specific inputs.
The ED has alleged in the plea that these cars were purchased with the proceeds of crime in the matter and were then attached during the case investigation.
ED told the court that, on the basis of the investigation conducted so far indicating that Amit Arora is actually involved in the activity connected to the acquisition, possession and use of proceeds of crime and therefore, Amit Arora is guilty of the offence of money laundering.
Jharkhand CM Soren was initially summoned by the federal probe agency on November 3, but he did not depose citing official engagements. Soren had then sought a three-week deferment of the summons. The ED has said that it has "identified" proceeds of crime relating to illegal mining in the st
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New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) over the last eight years has carried out 3,010 raids and attached proceeds of crime worth Rs 99,356 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).