Ten trunks were discovered on the spot by ED officials who recovered over Rs 17 crore from a Kolkata businessman’s residence.
Businessman Aamir Khan’s Garden Reach residence was the site of the recovery. Khan’s residence contained five trunks containing cash.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, the search of the probing agency began, and counting of the cash continued until late into the night. In addition to the ED search team, central forces and Bank officials were present.
There were mainly stacks of notes in denominations of Rs 500, according to sources. It was also possible to find currency notes of Rs 2,000 and Rs 200.
In accordance with the 2002 Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), raids were conducted.
As a result of a complaint filed by Federal Bank authorities in the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Calcutta on February 15, last year, a First Information Report (FIR) was filed at Park Street Police Station in Kolkata against Aamir Khan and others.
According to the ED, Amir Khan launched E-Nuggets, a mobile game designed to defraud the public.
According to the agency, users were rewarded with the commissions during the initial period and their wallet balances could be withdrawn easily.
In response, the probe agency says users began investing larger amounts to receive a higher commission percentage and make more purchases.
It said that after collecting a handsome amount from the public, withdrawals from the App were suddenly stopped under some pretext such as system upgrades or investigations by law enforcement.
Afterwards, all data, including profile information, was erased from the App servers, and only then did users realize the ruse.”
An investigation relating to the mobile gaming app led the central agency to search six locations in Kolkata earlier on Saturday.
According to the ED, it was observed that the entities linked to the case used dummy accounts during the search operation.
