ED director SK Mishra’s tenure extended due to FATF review, won’t continue in office after November: Modi government to Supreme Court
NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government (Centre) on Monday defended in the Supreme Court the third extension of service granted to Enforcement Directorate chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra, asserting it was due to a peer review being conducted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) this year and said he will retire this November. A bench […]
Delhi excise policy case: ED arrests AAP in-charge, Hyderabad businessman
NEW DELHI: The ED has arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) communication in-charge Vijay Nair and businessman Abhishek Boinpally in connection with its ongoing money laundering probe into the Delhi Excise policy that was scraped following corruption allegations, official sources said Monday. The two are currently in judicial custody and lodged in jail here after the […]
Arrested businessman made Rs 50 crore by violating Delhi excise policy: ED
NEW DELHI: Liquor businessman Sameer Mahandru, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi excise policy money laundering case, earned Rs 50 crore as “proceeds of crime” in less than a year by violating the provisions of the liquor scheme, the agency told a local court. Mahandru, the managing director of an […]
ED gets 8 days custody of liquor businessman Sameer Mahendru in money laundering case
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Wednesday remanded liquor businessman Sameer Mahendru in eight days custody of the of the Enforcement Directorate for alleged money laundering. Mahendru, the managing director of Indospirit, a liquor distributor, was arrested by ED in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy. […]
ED attaches assets worth Rs 380 crore of Sachin Joshi in PMLA case
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said that they have attached properties worth Rs 380 crore of a company belonging to Sachin Joshi under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED said that they attached two properties out of which one is in Worli and second is in Pune. Initially, a case […]
ED issues fresh summons to Jacqueline Fernandez after she skips summons
NEW DELHI: Actor Jacqueline Fernandez has been asked by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to appear before the agency and record her statement on Saturday after she skipped her summons on Friday in connection with a money laundering case being probed against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar, officials said. Fernandez, 36, once appeared before the federal agency […]
Norah Fatehi appears before ED in ‘conman’ money laundering case
NEW DELHI: Actor Norah Fatehi on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here for recording her statement in connection with a money laundering case filed against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar, officials said. Fatehi, 29, appeared before the investigating officer of the case at the agency office here. Sources said her statement is being recorded […]
ED conducts searches against Videocon group, promoters
NEW DELHI: The ED conducted searches against the promoters of the Videocon group in Mumbai on Friday in connection with its probe against the business house linked to some overseas businesses, official sources said. They said the searches were being conducted at multiple premises. Further details about the latest action were not available immediately. The […]
ED raids Anil Deshmukh; Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi slam BJP, Modi government
NAGPUR/ MUMBAI: For the second time in two months, former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has come under the scanner, this time of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which raided three locations, including his residences in Nagpur and Mumbai, and two others belonging to his two associates in connection with an alleged corruption case filed against […]
ED raids ex United Bank of India CMD Archana Bhargava
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has searched two premises of former United Bank of India (UBI) CMD Archana Bhargava in connection with a money laundering investigation. It said the action against the banker, also a former executive director of Canara Bank, was undertaken in Delhi under provisions of the Prevention […]
ED sends notice to Bengal home secretary in Metro Dairy case
KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the money-laundering aspect of Metro Dairy’s share transfer to a private firm, has sent a notice to Bengal home secretary H K Dwivedi, agency sources said on Tuesday. ED officials had in February conducted raids at Keventer’s office here, the private entity to whom the shares were sold. In […]
ED attaches assets of Jamtara-based cyber criminals
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth about Rs 66 lakh of alleged cyber criminals based in Jharkhand’s Jamtara district, the central probe agency said on Thursday. It said the assets, provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), include three immovable residential properties situated at Mirga village in the […]
ED arrests businessman in PMLA case against Omkar Realtors
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a businessman in connection with a money laundering case against city-based realty group Omkar Realtors and Developers, official sources said on Monday. They said Sachin Joshi was arrested under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on Sunday after he was questioned here in connection […]
ED arrests former TMC MP K D Singh in money laundering case
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested former TMC MP K D Singh in a money laundering case, official sources said on Wednesday. They said Singh has been placed under arrest under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The Trinamool Congress (TMC) party is led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata […]
Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha deposes before ED in PMC bank fraud
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha member and spokesperson Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha Raut on Monday deposed before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its money laundering probe into the PMC bank fraud case. According to ED sources, she arrived at the financial probe agency office here in the afternoon. The source said that she […]
ED seizes Rs 4.43 crore jewellery of Tamil Nadu firm’s chairman, MD in Rs 1,340 crore bank fraud
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 4.43 crore belonging to the chairman and managing director of a Tamil Nadu based firm in a Rs 1,340 crore bank fraud case by systematically cheating Indian Bank and other banks under a consortium, the agency said on Thursday. The ED […]