ED Freezes Rs. 5.5 Crore Account Balance in Mobile Gaming Application Fraud

• The instant case was registered on the basis of FIR dated February 2021
• Aamir Khan launched E-Nuggets for purpose of defrauding public
• Rs. 5.59 crore as balance in said related bank accounts has been freezed
  

• The instant case was registered on the basis of FIR dated February 15, 2021, filed under various sections of IPC by Park Street Police Station, Kolkata Police, against Aamir Khan and others, based on complaint filed by Federal Bank authorities, in the court of Learned Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Calcutta, the ED said in a statement.

  Aamir Khan, son of Nesar Ahmed Khan, launched a mobile gaming application namely E-Nuggets, which was designed for the purpose of defrauding public. Further, after collecting sizeable amount from the public, all of the sudden, the withdrawal from the said app was stopped, on one pretext or the other. all data including profile information was wiped off from the said app servers.

  It was revealed during the investigation that multiple accounts (more than 300) were used to launder the money. On the basis of information available, the amount of Rs. 5.59 crore lying in balance in the said related bank accounts has been freezed, the enforcement agency said.                                                          written by:@unitedspice