Kolkata Police Seize Rs 32 Crore From 1,600 Bank Accounts In Gaming App Fraud Case: Report

On September 10, main accused Amir Khan’s residence in Kolkata’s Garden Reach area was raided by the Enforcement Directorate who recovered Rs 17.32 crore in cash.

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The Kolkata Police seized additional Rupees 32 crore from 1,600 bank accounts in connection with an online gaming app fraud case, reported India Today. The Rs 32 crore seized from Amir Khan’s accounts, the main accused in the case are in addition to Rs 20 crore seized by the Police earlier. He was arrested from Ghaziabad. 

Following questioning with Khan, the Kolkata Police’s Detective Department discovered the 1,600 bank accounts. As per the report, citing police sources, another Rs 32 crores have been frozen from these accounts, adding that money deposited into these accounts came from abroad. 

Earlier, the investigators had seized Rs 20 crore from these accounts, the report added. 

Accused Amir Khan had told the police during the questioning that he had converted about Rs 100 crore into bitcoins. The report stated police as saying that the accused and his associates have cheated several people in Bengal, Bangladesh, and the Middle East. 

On September 10, Amir Khan’s residence in Kolkata’s Garden Reach area was raided by the Enforcement Directorate who recovered Rs 17.32 crore in cash. Since then, Khan has been absconding and was eventually nabbed by Kolkata Police from Ghaziabad. 

As per a report by news agency IANS, the enforcement agency has completed its phase of probe into the matter and will now move to the second stage where it will identify beneficiaries of the scam through the money-trails of the different bank and crypto currency accounts during the course of investigation.

ED sources said that that their sleuths are almost over with the first part of the investigation which involves the modus operandi of the fraud business through using multiple bank and crypto currency accounts, many of which were hired from the original owners by the prime accused Amir Khan for deposit of collections by duping people, reported the news agency.