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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday seized Rs 12 crore in cash in raids at six locations of promoters of the mobile gaming app company in Kolkata. These raids were conducted under the Money Laundering Act. ED gave this information by releasing a photo. Bundles of 2000, 500 and 200 rupee notes are visible in the photo. ED’s action is going on at the locations of mobile gaming app company ‘E-Nuggets’ and its promoter Aamir Khan and others. According to ED, the counting of notes is going on right now.
The ED said that Federal Bank had first filed a complaint against the company in a Kolkata court. After this, in February 2021, Kolkata Police registered an FIR against the company and its promoters. On Saturday, the ED conducted guerilla action.
Different ED teams have been conducting raids since morning at Park Street, McLeod Street, Garden Reach and Mominpur in Kolkata. These teams along with the Central Security Force personnel are conducting a search operation. ED officials also searched the residence of father-son lawyer by profession.
App launched only for fraud – ED
The ED alleged that Aamir Khan had launched the mobile gaming app E-Nuggets to cheat people. Initially, the company gave commission to the users. The money that came in people’s wallets also came out easily. This increased the confidence of the people in the company and people started investing huge amount for higher commission. When the company got a huge amount from the people, then the withdrawal of money from this app was suddenly stopped.
The only rationale behind this was that the evacuation has been stopped due to system upgradation and investigation by government agencies. All data was then removed from the app server, including profile information. After this the users understood the fraud.
Agency looking for link to Chinese app
The agency is currently investigating whether the app and its operators have any link with Chinese apps that claim to give loans at low rates by duping people. After the threats from these loan operators, some users who got caught in the affair of these apps later even gave their lives.