Guwahati: The Enforcement Directorate confiscated more than Rs 7 crore in cash, raids conducted in Kolkata on Saturday as part of a money-laundering investigation against the promoters of an alleged mobile gaming scheme.
The federal agency said in a statement that the searches were carried out at six sites of the gaming app known as “E-Nuggets,” whose promoter is Aamir Khan.
The Enforcement Directorate stated, “So far, large cash totaling more than Rs 7 crore has been found at the premises and counting of the amount is still under progress.”
The Kolkata Police filed a FIR in February 2021 against the company and its promoters, which is the basis for the money laundering investigation.
The agency is looking into any connections between this app and its operators and other “Chinese controlled” apps that issued loans to unsuspecting people at excessive rates, and in many cases the borrowers committed suicide after being threatened by the loan operators to make payments.