Lagatar24 Desk
Kolkata, Sept 10: Six locations in Kolkata were searched by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday, which is looking into a possible case of fraud involving a mobile gaming software.
The ED team searched the offices of businessman Aamir Khan in Kolkata’s Garden Reach area with the help of bank representatives, seizing property documents and cash worth Rs 7 crore.
Cash counting devices were brought in to determine the precise amount of cash recovered while the operation was still in progress.
Aamir Khan and other people were suspected of scamming users of the mobile game software E-Nuggets, and Federal Bank officials filed a complaint against them under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
“During the initial period, the users were rewarded with commission and the balance in the wallet could be withdrawn hassle-free. This provided initial confidence among users, and they started investing bigger amounts for greater percentage of commission and a greater number of purchase orders,” the ED said in a press release.
“Further, after collecting handsome amount from the public, all of a sudden, the withdrawal from the said App, was stopped, at one or the other pretext viz. system upgradation, investigation by LEAs etc. Thereafter, all data including profile information was wiped off from the said App servers and only then the users understood the ploy,” it added.
