Showing posts with label money laundering case. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money laundering case. Show all posts

Wednesday, 8 June 2022

ED files chargesheet against 10 people in Rs 77.36-cr bank loan fraud case

 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against one Gyan Prakash Sarawgi and nine others in connection with money laundering case related to a bank loan fraud.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against one Gyan Prakash Sarawgi and nine others in connection with money laundering case related to a bank loan fraud. The prosecution complaint was filed before a special PMLA court in Ranchi which has taken the cognizance of the matter on June 3. “The prosecution complaint was preceded by a provisional attachment order of May 25, 2020 attaching therewith 10 immovable properties worth Rs 4.25 crore identified as proceeds of crime,” said an ED official.

The case relates to bank fraud wherein the accused persons availed bank loans fraudulently amounting to Rs 77.36 crore on the pretext of trading in textiles, garments and construction items. After getting the loan amount, the accused laundered all the money through a maze of transactions involving many intermediary companies and were finally used into the activities of Sarawgi Builders and Promoters Pvt Ltd which was primarily engaged in the business of real estate.

Monday, 25 April 2022

ED searches 26 locations in ABG Shipyard money laundering case

 Surat-based ABG Shipyard and its former promoters are accused of duping a consortium of 28 banks to the tune of Rs 22,842 crore

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out massive searches at 26 locations of ABG Shipyard in Mumbai, Pune, and Surat, in connection with its money laundering probe into what could be the country’s biggest bank fraud. Surat-based ABG Shipyard and its former promoters are accused of duping a consortium of 28 banks to the tune of Rs 22,842 crore.

“About 24 locations at Mumbai and one each in Pune and Surat have been covered, said an agency official without giving further details. Searches are to be continued on Wednesday, he indicated. Early this month, the federal agency had questioned the shipping firm’s former chairman Rishi Agrawal. The enforcement agency is looking into the alleged “diversion” of bank loan funds, the creation of shell firms to launder the public money, and the role of the executives of the company and others….Read More

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