LUCKNOW: The ED today attached assets worth over Rs 55 crore in connection with its probe in the alleged Rs 3,700 crore ponzi scam perpetrated by a Noida-based firm which had promised money in lieu of ‘likes’ on social media to lakhs of gullible investors.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had in March attached assets worth Rs 599 crore. With this attachment, the total value of seized assets in the case has gone up to over Rs 654 crore.
A provisional attachment order issued by the central probe agency’s Joint Director Rajeshwar Singh (Lucknow zonal unit) said an amount of Rs 40 crore lying in a Yes bank account, Rs 5.09 crore funds kept in an escrow account of ICICI bank, fix deposit receipts of Rs 3.61 crore and a commercial property in Greater Noida worth over Rs 6 crore has been attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The value of assets attached under today’s order is over Rs 55.43 crore, a senior official said.
The case involves a firm named Ablaze Info Solution Private Limited and it is owned by the alleged kingpin of this alleged Ponzi scam case — Anubhav Mittal. (AGENCIES)
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