ED investigating properties accumulated by Jamtara online fraudsters

Jharkhand police to inform investigating agency about 12 more people, who have become rich overnight

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has started a probe into the accumulation of huge properties by online fraudsters of Jamtara, widely dubbed as the country’s cybercrime capital, following a request from Jharkhand police.

“We had reported to the ED about 14 such people, who did not have apparently any known source of income, yet they boasted of immoveable properties, upper middle class would envy of. The ED has already begun a probe. Action has been taken against two persons, and three others would soon be taken to task. The agency is in the process of rounding up others,” Jamtara Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar Sinha told The Hindu over phone.

He said, “we are keeping a close watch on these swindlers. Some people have amassed immoveable properties in their names while others in someone else’s name to evade action by law enforcement agencies.”