Probe Agency Attaches Assets Worth Rs 6.17 Crore Of Fintech Firms
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ED Raids: A provisional order to attach the money was issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has attached funds worth Rs 6.17 crore of various fintech companies in a case linked to dishing out mobile-app based loans at exorbitant interest rates to gullible people during the COVID-19 crisis.
A provisional order to attach the money was issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), it said.
"The accused, along with Chinese nationals, opened various companies in the name of various persons for the purpose of illegal transactions, issuing loans and raising investments through mobile apps like Cash Master, Krazy Rupee, Cashin, Rupee Menu etc," the federal agency said, explaining the modus operandi employed in the alleged fraud.
"These companies have been incorporated during COVID spread time at common addresses by active involvement of some Chinese nationals in connivance with certain Indian chartered accountants, who helped in the incorporation of these companies by using KYC documents of young Indian nationals in need of money, who were made directors/shareholders in these companies," the ED statement read.
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