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  • ED questions cricketer Suresh Raina in 'illegal' online betting app case

    ED questions cricketer Suresh Raina in 'illegal' online betting app case

    Enforcement Directorate recorded former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina's statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as part of the investigation linked to a sports betting app (application) named 1xBet.

  • ED attaches Alchemist, Ojas hospitals' shares worth Rs 127 crore in PMLA case

    ED attaches Alchemist, Ojas hospitals' shares worth Rs 127 crore in PMLA case

    According to the agency, the funds collected were siphoned off and layered through a web of financial transactions among group entities to conceal their illicit origin.

  • ED attached highest assets worth over Rs 30,000 crore under PMLA in 2024-25

    ED attached highest assets worth over Rs 30,000 crore under PMLA in 2024-25

    The amount of attachment by the investigation agency reached its highest level ever, with a near 2.5-fold time increase over the previous year, as the agency investigated 461 cases

  • Prior sanction required for prosecution of public servants under PMLA: Supreme Court

    Prior sanction required for prosecution of public servants under PMLA: Supreme Court

    The bench said the object of Section 197 (1) of the CrPC was to protect public servants from prosecutions and it ensured they were not prosecuted for anything they did in the discharge of their duties

  • Union Bank of India fined by FIU for multiple PMLA violations

    Union Bank of India fined by FIU for multiple PMLA violations

    The federal agency issued the penalty notice of Rs 54 lakh under section 13 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)

  • Delhi court sends AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan to 14-day judicial custody

    Delhi court sends AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan to 14-day judicial custody

    The judge passed the order after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the court that the accused was not required for further custody at the time and requested it to remand him in judicial custody

  • Power to arrest under PMLA can't be exercised as per whims and fancies of ED officer: SC

    Power to arrest under PMLA can't be exercised as per whims and fancies of ED officer: SC

    A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, which granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case linked to alleged excise policy scam, said any undue indulgence and latitude to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will be deleterious to the constitutional values of rule of law and life and liberty of people.

  • Online betting should be included as scheduled offences under PMLA: Report

    Online betting should be included as scheduled offences under PMLA: Report

    The report titled ‘Curbing betting and gambling in India—A national security imperative’ is authored by Rashtriya Raksha University under the Ministry of Home Affairs, which was established by the Parliament Act No. 31 in 2020.

  • Crypto exchange Binance completes initial registration with FIU-IND, further compliance proceedings still on

    Crypto exchange Binance completes initial registration with FIU-IND, further compliance proceedings still on

    While Binance’s penalty is yet to be decided, KuCoin which is fully registered has paid out Rs 34.5 lakhs in penalty and is now operational, said FIU-IND director Vivek Aggarwal.

  • ED arrests 3 members of banned PFI in money-laundering case

    ED arrests 3 members of banned PFI in money-laundering case

    The agency has accused the three men of 'imparting' weapons training to the PFI cadre and receiving substantial funds from the proscribed organisation for the same

  • ED files first chargesheet in Delhi Jal Board money-laundering case

    ED files first chargesheet in Delhi Jal Board money-laundering case

    An FIR lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which accuses Arora of awarding a DJB contract to NKG Infrastructure Limited

  • What is the role of the Financial Intelligence Unit?

    What is the role of the Financial Intelligence Unit?

    Its primary mandate is to serve as the central national agency responsible for receiving, processing, analysing and disseminating information relating to suspicious financial transactions. These transactions could be indicative of money laundering, terrorist financing, or other illegal activities.

  • Paytm Payments Bank failed to put apparatus for detecting, reporting suspicious transactions under PMLA: FIU

    Paytm Payments Bank failed to put apparatus for detecting, reporting suspicious transactions under PMLA: FIU

    The FIU has charged the bank for its failure to "put in place an internal mechanism to detect and report suspicious transactions in the manner prescribed under the PMLA

  • Who is Justice (retd) Khanwilkar, the new chairperson of Lokpal?

    Who is Justice (retd) Khanwilkar, the new chairperson of Lokpal?

    In the Supreme Court, Khanwilkar was a member of the collegium for over a year. When he retired in 2016, he was the third-most senior judge of the court.

  • Asset attachment under PMLA – What is the right approach?

    Asset attachment under PMLA – What is the right approach?

    While confiscation of property derived from or involved in money-laundering is an important objective to give effect to the PMLA, an unclear interpretation could strip a person of his legally acquired assets

  • Senthil Balaji's remand extended

    Senthil Balaji's remand extended

    Balaji, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in June last year, was produced before the local court through video conferencing from the Central Prison here.

  • ED moves Delhi HC against release of Vivo executives in money laundering case

    ED moves Delhi HC against release of Vivo executives in money laundering case

    On December 30, a court in Delhi court granted the relief to the Vivo executives observing that the accused were not produced before the court within 24 hours of the arrest, hence their "custody was illegal"

  • Public sector banks get Rs 15,183 crore following ED action under PMLA: Sitharaman

    Public sector banks get Rs 15,183 crore following ED action under PMLA: Sitharaman

    Sitharaman informed the House that as of March 31, 2023, legal suits were filed for recovery against 13,978 loan accounts, action under the SARFAESI Act has been initiated in 11,483 cases, FIRs have been filed in 5,674 cases, and an aggregate amount of Rs 33,801 crore has been recovered.

  • Anti-money laundering, CFT norms applicable to offshore crypto exchanges like Binance, Coinbase: MoS of Finance

    Anti-money laundering, CFT norms applicable to offshore crypto exchanges like Binance, Coinbase: MoS of Finance

    The finance ministry said that the process of registration for off shore crypto exchanges and virtual digital asset service providers has been initiated

  • Pawan Munjal offers to deposit Rs 25 crore against assets seized by ED

    Pawan Munjal offers to deposit Rs 25 crore against assets seized by ED

    Munjal's lawyers made the statement while the high court was hearing an application by ED seeking status quo of the assets they had attached on November 10.

  • ED attaches over Rs 39 crore assets in Goa illegal land grab case

    ED attaches over Rs 39 crore assets in Goa illegal land grab case

    A provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been issued to attach the properties that are worth a total of Rs 39.24 crore, as per the circle rate, the central probe agency said in a statement.

  • Delhi HC stays ED proceedings against Hero Motorcorp CMD Pawan Munjal

    Delhi HC stays ED proceedings against Hero Motorcorp CMD Pawan Munjal

    The High court .in the interim order, noted that since the Director of Revenue Intelligence's (DRI) complaint, which is the genesis of ED's investigation, has itself been stayed by the HC on November 3, the ED proceedings need to be stayed as well.

  • PMLA needs an urgent review to make it less draconian

    PMLA needs an urgent review to make it less draconian

    The money laundering law’s wide embrace has the potential to make it an obstacle in the ease of doing business in the country

  • Former J-K minister Lal Singh arrested by ED in money laundering case

    Former J-K minister Lal Singh arrested by ED in money laundering case

    Singh was under investigation by the federal agency as part of the case lodged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against an educational trust run by his wife and former legislator Kanta Andotra, they said.

  • ED files first chargesheet in Mahadev betting app case

    ED files first chargesheet in Mahadev betting app case

    The prosecution complaint was filed by the federal probe agency before the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Raipur on Friday, official sources said.

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