The ED has filed a charge sheet before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)court in Goa regarding a money laundering case linked to placing of illegal bids through an online poker gaming app.
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The complaint has been filed against Kolkata residents and accused in the case, who were arrested after raids were conducted against them and some other club managers and agents in April. Through these clubs, individual players are invited through WhatsApp chats for placing “illegal bets” through the poker gaming app, it alleged.
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The police FIR pressed the charges for illegal gaming activities and siphoning huge money through secret networks leading to loss to the government exchequer. Both the accused had also invested proceeds of crime in the form of crypto accounts which were traced by the ED.
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The ED said, “Under their union, it is seen that around 25-30 clubs were being operated by different individuals. It is seen that commissions were generated at the rate of 5-10 per cent by the said clubs on each table.”
