Gaming App Scam: ED Raids 6 Locations in Kolkata, Rs 7 Crores Seized So Far

KOLKATA: With technology dancing a dirty number, online scams have plagued a part of the country's population who bet on apps and also sink money in games. 

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday in a raid connecting to a gaming app scam case recovered 7 crore in cash from six locations in Kolkata. 

An ED team searched the offices of one Aamir Khan in Kolkata's Garden Reach neighbourhood with the help of bank representatives, seizing property documents and cash worth crores. 

As the mounts of cash were difficult for human hands to calculate, money counting machine or banknote counters were arranged in order to calculate the seized cash. 

After the ED raid, security is beefed up in the area to tackle any untoward incident. 

Notably, Aamir Khan and other people were suspected of scamming users of the mobile game software E-Nuggets. The Federal Bank officials filed a complaint against them under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

In a press release received from Enforcement Directorate the department has stated that "During the initial period, the users were rewarded with commission and the balance in the wallet could be withdrawn hassle-free, providing initial confidence among users, and they started investing bigger amounts for greater percentage of commission and a greater number of purchase orders."

"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," the ED said in describing the alleged fraudsters' method.

According to one report, The Enforcement Directorate has managed to seize cash worth 12 crores so far which is still counting, although the source has not confirmed yet.

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