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ED Action On Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan: Big news has come out regarding former Indian team cricketers Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan. ED has attached properties worth crores of both the cricketers.
ED Action On Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan: The troubles of former Team India players and star players Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan are not stopping. ED has attached assets worth Rs 11.14 crore of former cricketers in a money laundering case related to the operation of an alleged illegal betting site. ED officials have given information regarding this on 6 November. It is also believed that after Raina and Dhawan, other celebrities may also be targeted by ED. Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina came to the notice of ED at a time when the agency was investigating many such cases related to illegal betting apps. These apps are accused of defrauding many people and investors of crores of rupees or of huge tax evasion.
Property worth crores attached
If sources are to be believed, a provisional order has been issued to attach an immovable property of Dhawan worth Rs 4.5 crore and a mutual fund of Raina worth Rs 6.64 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the case against the online betting site named One During this time, the investigation of the Federal Agency has found that both the players had knowingly entered into endorsement agreements with foreign companies for the promotion of 1xBet and its surrogates. Under this investigation, apart from these two, other former cricketers like Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa, actors Sonu Sood, Urvashi Rautela, former Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty and Bengali actor Ankush Hazra have also been questioned.
took place in September
Let us tell you here that in September, Raina and Dhawan appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in a money laundering case. During this appearance, the statement of both of them was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act i.e. PMLA as part of the investigation related to the illegal betting app ‘One X Bet’.
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Both players had promoted the platform
It is noteworthy that the ED investigation is based on the complaint filed by the police of several states, which is related to the illegal online betting platform 1xBet. The investigation revealed that 1xBet and its “surrogate brands” like 1xBat, 1xBat Sporting Lines were advertising online betting and gambling in India without any permission. According to ED, Raina and Dhawan promoted these platforms in collaboration with foreign companies and in return they were paid through foreign channels.
money transactions
Let us tell you that 1xBet was transacting money through thousands of fake bank accounts in India. So far, more than 6000 fake accounts have come to light in this matter. Not only this, the payment did not come directly into the bank account, but the real source was hidden by passing it through different payment gateways.
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