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Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet in connection with its money laundering probe in the Rs 500 crore Seashore Group chit fund scam in Odisha

New Delhi/Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today launched simultaneous searches in three states in connection with its money laundering probe in illegal mining of iron-ore scam in Odisha and other states, pegged at about Rs 2,000 crore. Sources said the searches are being conducted by the Kolkata zonal headquarters of the agency in at least […]

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued fresh summons to Trinamool Congress MP Arpita Ghosh and two aides of former Union minister Matang Sinh in connection with its money laundering probe in the Saradha chitfund case

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today told a special court hearing a money laundering case related to allocation of 2G spectrum that former telecom minister A. Raja had conspired with other accused to grant telecom licences to ineligible firms. For this, Rs.200 crore was paid by promoters of Swan Telecom Pvt. Ltd., using their […]

Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) imposed a Rs 1,585 crore penalty on satellite services provider Devas Multimedia Ltd, its directors and foreign investors for illegal foreign investment of Rs 579 crore against the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) 1999, the agency said on Sunday. “The authority held Devas, its directors and foreign investors guilty of […]

New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering probe case relating to alleged possession of illegal foreign assets. Vadra’s wife Priyanka Gandhi accompanied him, in a white Toyota Land Cruiser along with SPG personnel in tow, and dropped him outside the […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will question Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, in INX Media money laundering case on Thursday, an official said. Karti has been questioned on several occasions in the case being probed by the ED as well as the Central Bureau of Investigation. Both the agencies are […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday registered a case against Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), a Pakistani terror group, for their involvement in money laundering through various hawala channels. A senior ED official said that the case was registered under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on the basis of a case […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 904 crore of D.S. Kulkarni Developers Ltd (DSKDL) for cheating and siphoning off deposits worth Rs 1,084 crore from Maharashtra investors for more than a decade. Kulkarni Developers had cheated the investors promising better returns on their money from 2006 to 2017, the agency […]

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday extended Robert Vadra’s interim bail till March 2. Vadra was present at the court for the first time in connection with a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Special Judge Arvind Kumar also extended till March 2 interim protection from arrest to Vadra’s close […]

New Delhi: Robert Vadra, who skipped the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioning a day ago citing poor health on Wednesday deposed before the agency in connection with a money laundering case. He arrived at the ED’s Jamnagar office here at 10.30 a.m. On February 16, a Delhi court had extended Vadra’s interim bail till March 2. […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday carried out searches at six places in multiple cities in connection with a case of money laundering it registered against the former Chairman and directors of the IL&FS, officials said. A senior ED official said the agency was carrying out searches in Maharashtra’s Mumbai, Delhi and Haryana’s […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried simultaneous raids at the residences of former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and Videocon Group promoter Venugopal Dhoot in connection with an ongoing probe into alleged irregularities and corrupt practices in sanctioning of Rs 1,875 crore loan by the bank to the corporate group. The agency […]

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar for the fourth consecutive day in the ongoing probe into the alleged irregularities and corrupt practices in sanctioning a Rs 1,875-crore loan by the bank to the Videocon Group. Chanda Kochhar’s questioning began at ED’s office after she deposed before the […]

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested jeweller Abdul Kadir Najmudin Sathak here for assisting fugitive controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik by transferring funds of dubious origins from the UAE to him. The agency said the funds were used to facilitate production of videos meant to spread communal hatred and radicalize a particular community. […]