Probe Agency Attaches Assets Worth Rs 1.6 Crore In Kerala Fake Degrees Case

The Enforcement Directorate claimed its probe found that James George was "engaged in forging certificates of various state universities".

Assets worth Rs 1.6 crore of a Kerala-based education group chairman and his family have been attached in a money laundering case linked to the alleged distribution of fake degrees, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Friday. A provisional order, under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), has been issued against James George, the Chairman of Modern Group of Institutions located in Kollam district, his wife Seema James and Bharathiya Orthodox Church Religious and Charitable Trust, the central investigative agency said in a statement. These eight immovable assets are located in Kollam, Alappuzha, Thrissur, Kannur and Wayanad districts of Kerala. The ED claimed its probe found that James George was "engaged in forging certificates of various state universities".