ED attaches assets in money laundering case against YouTuber Elvish Yadav, others
The Hindu
Elvish Yadav ED action: Enforcement Directorate issues provisional order under PMLA in snake venom drug case involving YouTuber Elvish Yadav.
The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets as part of its ongoing money laundering investigation against YouTuber Siddharth Yadav alias Elvish Yadav and some others, official sources said Thursday, September 26, 2024.
A provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been issued, they said.
Mr. Yadav has been questioned by the federal agency in a case related to the suspected use of snake venom as recreational drugs in parties he hosted and related financial transactions.
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The central agency had registered a case in May and pressed charges under the PMLA after taking cognisance of an FIR and charge sheet filed against him and linked persons by the Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida) district police in Uttar Pradesh.
Rahul Yadav alias Rahul Fazilpuriya, a singer from Haryana who allegedly has links to Elvish Yadav, was also questioned by the ED in the said case.
Alleged generation of proceeds of crime and use of illicit funds for organising rave or recreational parties is under the scanner of the ED.