ED Attaches Assets of Celebrities in Illegal Betting App Money Laundering Case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken major action in a money laundering case related to illegal betting apps. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties belonging to former Indian cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa, as well as former Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty and actor Sonu Sood. The ED has taken this action in a money laundering case related to illegal betting apps. The estimated value of the properties is over ₹1,000 crore.

ED Attaches Several More Properties

According to sources, the central investigating agency has also attached properties belonging to actress Neha Sharma, model and actress Urvashi Rautela's mother, and Bengali actor Ankush Hazra, after issuing an interim order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Whose assets were seized and how much?

Sonu Sood – Rs 1 crore

Mimi Chakraborty – Rs 59 lakh

Yuvraj Singh – Rs 2.5 crore

Neha Sharma – Rs 1.26 crore

Robin Uthappa – Rs 8.26 lakh

Ankush Hazra – Rs 47 lakh

Urvashi Rautela's mother – Rs 2.02 crore

ED questioned

The ED questioned all of them before the action. These assets have been classified as proceeds of crime from an alleged illegal betting app registered in the island nation of Curaçao. The ED also seized assets worth Rs 11.14 crore belonging to former cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina as part of this investigation some time ago.